Ezekiel 17:1-10

Ezekiel 17:1-10

[1] And the word  of the LORD  came unto me, saying,  [2] Son  of man,  put forth  a riddle,  and speak  a parable  unto the house  of Israel;  [3] And say,  the Lord  GOD;  A great  eagle  with great  wings,  longwinged,  full  of feathers,  which had divers colours,  came  unto Lebanon,  and took  the highest branch  of the cedar:  [4] He cropped off  the top  of his young twigs,  and carried  it into a land  of traffick;  he set  it in a city  of merchants.  [5] He took  also of the seed  of the land,  and planted  it in a fruitful  field;  he placed  it by great  waters,  and set  it as a willow tree.  [6] And it grew,  and became a spreading  vine  of low  stature,  whose branches  turned  toward him, and the roots  thereof were under him: so it became a vine,  and brought forth  branches,  and shot  forth sprigs.  [7] There was also another  great  eagle  with great  wings  and many  feathers:  and, behold, this vine  did bend  her roots  toward him, and shot forth  her branches  toward him, that he might water  it by the furrows  of her plantation.  [8] It was planted  in a good  soil  by great  waters,  that it might bring forth  branches,  and that it might bear  fruit,  that it might be a goodly  vine.  [9] Say  the Lord  GOD;  Shall it prosper?  shall he not pull up  the roots  thereof, and cut off  the fruit  thereof, that it wither?  in all the leaves  of her spring,  even without great  power  or many  people  to pluck it up  by the roots  [10] Yea, behold, being planted,  shall it prosper?  shall it not utterly  when the east  wind  toucheth  it? it shall wither  in the furrows  where it grew.