Ezekiel 17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Ezekiel 17The Two Eagles and the Vine

1The word of the Lord came to me:

2 by abundant waters,

he set it like a willow twig.

6It sprouted and became a vine

spreading out but low;

its branches turned toward him;

its roots remained where it stood.

So it became a vine;

it brought forth branches,

put forth foliage.

7 and wither,

its fresh sprouting leaves to fade?

No strong arm or mighty army will be needed

to pull it from its roots.

10 of his troops shall fall by the sword, and the survivors shall be scattered to every wind, and you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken.

Israel Exalted at Last

22 Isa 11.1; Jer 23.5; Ezek 20.40; 36.36; Zech 3.8 Thus says the Lord God:

I myself will take a sprig

from the lofty top of the cedar;

I will set it out.

I will break off a tender shoot

from the topmost of its young twigs;

I myself will transplant it

on a high and lofty mountain.

23 Isa 2.2, 3; Ezek 20.40; Hos 14.5–7; Mt 13.31, 32 On the mountain height of Israel

I will transplant it,

and it will produce boughs and bear fruit

and become a noble cedar.

Under it every kind of bird will live;

in the shade of its branches will nest

winged creatures of every kind.

24 Ps 96.12; Ezek 19.12; 21.26; 22.14; 24.14 All the trees of the field shall know

that I am the Lord.

I bring low the high tree;

I make high the low tree;

I dry up the green tree

and make the dry tree flourish.

I the Lord have spoken;

I will accomplish it.