Ezekiel 17:4
He cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, and carried it to a land of traffic. He planted it in a city of merchants.
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Ezekiel 17:4
He cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, and carried it to a land of traffic. He planted it in a city of merchants.
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Ezekiel 17:8
It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might produce branches and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a good vine.” ’
Ezekiel 17:9
“Say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Will it prosper? Won’t he pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, that it may wither, that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? It can’t be raised from its roots by a strong arm or many people.
Ezekiel 17:10
Yes, behold, being planted, will it prosper? Won’t it utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It will wither in the ground where it grew.” ’ ”
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Ezekiel 17:23
I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel; and it will produce boughs, and bear fruit, and be a good cedar. Birds of every kind will dwell in the shade of its branches.
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Ezekiel 17:24
All the trees of the field will know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree flourish. “ ‘I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.’ ”
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