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Ezekiel Chapter 17

Ezekiel
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Ezekiel

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In this chapter the prophet Ezekiel describes the divine judgment that will befall the nations of Israel and Judah for their unfaithfulness, and the land will be returned to the house of Israel. He also foretells that the people will be taken captive and that the temple will be destroyed, emphasizing the need for repentance and restoration.

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(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, Thus saith 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:
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Ezekiel 17:7Ezekiel 17:12Ezekiel 17:13Ezekiel 17:14Ezekiel 17:15Ezekiel 17:16Ezekiel 17:17Ezekiel 17:18Ezekiel 17:19Ezekiel 17:20Ezekiel 17:21Deuteronomy 28:49

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Judges 5:30II Kings 14:9II Chronicles 25:18Deuteronomy 32:11Job 39:13Ezekiel 17:7

(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.
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Isaiah 43:14Isaiah 47:15Jeremiah 51:13Revelation 18:3Revelation 18:11Revelation 18:12Revelation 18:13Revelation 18:14Revelation 18:15Revelation 18:16Revelation 18:17Revelation 18:18

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Deuteronomy 22:6Ezekiel 17:22Nahum 3:10Esther 2:6

(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.
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Ezekiel 17:13II Kings 24:17Jeremiah 37:1Deuteronomy 8:7Deuteronomy 8:8Deuteronomy 8:9Ezekiel 19:11Ezekiel 19:12Isaiah 15:7Isaiah 44:4

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Ezekiel 17:24Joel 1:12Ezekiel 19:10Genesis 1:29Exodus 9:25Isaiah 41:19

(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.
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Ezekiel 17:14Proverbs 16:18Proverbs 16:19

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Nehemiah 8:15Ezekiel 17:7Exodus 25:35Exodus 37:21Exodus 25:32Exodus 37:18

(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.
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Ezekiel 17:15II Kings 24:20II Chronicles 26:13Jeremiah 37:5Jeremiah 37:6Jeremiah 37:7

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I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 17:6Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17Zechariah 14:4

(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.
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Ezekiel 17:5Ezekiel 17:6

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Ezekiel 19:10Nehemiah 8:15Joshua 3:13Ezekiel 47:12Ezekiel 17:23Hosea 10:1

(9) Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.
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Ezekiel 17:10Ezekiel 17:15Ezekiel 17:16Ezekiel 17:17Numbers 14:41II Chronicles 13:12II Chronicles 20:20Isaiah 8:9Isaiah 8:10Isaiah 30:1Isaiah 30:2Isaiah 30:3

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Ezekiel 17:10Psalms 1:3Jude 1:12Ezekiel 41:24Deuteronomy 28:4Deuteronomy 28:11

(10) Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
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Ezekiel 19:12Ezekiel 19:13Ezekiel 19:14Hosea 12:1Hosea 13:15Matthew 21:19Mark 11:20John 15:6Jude 1:12

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Ezekiel 17:9Psalms 1:3Exodus 10:13Isaiah 40:24Psalms 78:26Isaiah 27:8

(11) Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
(12) Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;
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Ezekiel 2:5Ezekiel 2:8Ezekiel 3:9Ezekiel 12:9Isaiah 1:2Ezekiel 24:19Exodus 12:26Deuteronomy 6:20Joshua 4:6Joshua 4:21Matthew 13:51Matthew 15:16

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Jeremiah 39:3II Kings 24:12Jeremiah 24:1II Kings 24:15II Kings 24:16II Kings 25:8

(13) And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
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Ezekiel 17:5II Kings 24:17Jeremiah 37:1II Chronicles 36:13Jeremiah 5:2II Kings 24:15II Kings 24:16Jeremiah 24:1Jeremiah 29:2

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Genesis 17:7Esther 8:8Genesis 17:19Genesis 26:4Isaiah 59:21Jeremiah 33:26

(14) That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
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Ezekiel 17:6Ezekiel 29:14Deuteronomy 28:43I Samuel 2:7I Samuel 2:30Nehemiah 9:36Nehemiah 9:37Lamentations 5:10Matthew 22:17Matthew 22:18Matthew 22:19Matthew 22:20

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Isaiah 10:15I Kings 7:34Matthew 12:25Leviticus 26:42II Kings 23:3

(15) But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
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Ezekiel 17:7II Kings 24:20II Chronicles 36:13Jeremiah 52:3Deuteronomy 17:16Isaiah 30:1Isaiah 30:2Isaiah 30:3Isaiah 30:4Isaiah 31:1Isaiah 31:2Isaiah 31:3

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Leviticus 26:42II Kings 23:3Jeremiah 33:20II Kings 3:7Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23

(16) As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
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Ezekiel 17:18Ezekiel 17:19Ezekiel 16:59Exodus 20:7Numbers 30:2Joshua 9:20II Samuel 21:2Psalms 15:4Exodus 8:2Hosea 10:4Zechariah 5:3Zechariah 5:4

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I Samuel 12:3Philippians 3:19Romans 14:8Ezekiel 17:19Genesis 32:17Genesis 38:25

(17) Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:
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Ezekiel 29:6Ezekiel 29:7Isaiah 36:6Jeremiah 37:7Lamentations 4:17Ezekiel 4:2Jeremiah 33:5Jeremiah 52:4

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II Chronicles 13:3II Chronicles 26:13Ezekiel 32:27Ezekiel 38:15Daniel 11:25Joel 3:9

(18) Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.
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I Chronicles 29:24II Chronicles 30:8Lamentations 5:6

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Ezekiel 16:59Leviticus 26:42II Kings 23:3Ezekiel 17:16Ezekiel 17:19

(19) Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.
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Ezekiel 21:23Ezekiel 21:24Ezekiel 21:25Ezekiel 21:26Ezekiel 21:27Deuteronomy 5:11Jeremiah 5:2Jeremiah 5:9Jeremiah 7:9Jeremiah 7:10Jeremiah 7:11Jeremiah 7:12

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Ezekiel 17:16Jeremiah 44:25Ezekiel 18:13Romans 14:8Galatians 2:20Leviticus 26:42

(20) And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
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Ezekiel 12:13Ezekiel 32:3Joshua 10:16Joshua 10:17Joshua 10:18II Samuel 18:9II Chronicles 33:11Job 10:16Ecclesiastes 9:12Jeremiah 39:5Jeremiah 39:6Jeremiah 39:7

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Ezekiel 12:13Psalms 140:5Ezekiel 32:3Hosea 5:1Leviticus 5:15Judges 6:31

(21) And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.
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Ezekiel 5:12Ezekiel 12:14II Kings 25:5II Kings 25:11Jeremiah 48:44Jeremiah 52:8Amos 9:1Amos 9:9Amos 9:10Ezekiel 6:7Ezekiel 6:10Ezekiel 13:14

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I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17Zechariah 14:4II Kings 24:2

(22) Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
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Ezekiel 34:29Psalms 80:15Isaiah 4:2Isaiah 11:1Isaiah 11:2Isaiah 11:3Isaiah 11:4Isaiah 11:5Jeremiah 23:5Jeremiah 23:6Jeremiah 33:15Jeremiah 33:16

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Ezekiel 17:23Deuteronomy 22:6Ezekiel 17:4Ezekiel 17:3

(23) In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
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Psalms 92:12Psalms 92:13Isaiah 27:6John 12:24John 15:5John 15:6John 15:7John 15:8Ezekiel 31:6Genesis 49:10Psalms 22:27Psalms 22:28

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Nehemiah 8:15Ezekiel 17:8Leviticus 23:40Exodus 25:35Exodus 37:21Deuteronomy 28:4

(24) And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
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Psalms 96:11Psalms 96:12Isaiah 55:12Isaiah 55:13I Samuel 2:7I Samuel 2:8Job 5:11Job 40:12Psalms 75:6Psalms 75:7Psalms 89:38Psalms 89:45

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Joel 1:12Isaiah 41:19Genesis 2:9Matthew 12:33Romans 11:24Ezekiel 20:47

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