1 The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
2 'Son of man, put a riddle, propound a parable to the House of Israel.
3 Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: A great eagle with great wings, long-pinioned, rich with many-coloured plumage, came to the Lebanon.
4 He took the top of the cedar tree, he plucked off the top branch, he carried it off to the country of merchants and set it down in a city of shopkeepers.
5 Next, he took one of the country's seeds and put it in a fertile field; by the side of a generous stream, like a willow tree, he placed it.
6 It grew and became a fruitful vine of modest size, grew up towards the eagle, its roots grew downwards. So it became a vine, branching out and sprouting new shoots.
7 But there was another great eagle with great wings and thick plumage. And now the vine twisted its roots towards him and stretched its branches towards him, for him to water it away from the bed where it was planted.
8 It was in a fertile field, by the side of a wide stream that the vine had been planted, to branch out and bear fruit and become a noble vine."
9 Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Will it succeed? Will the eagle not tear out its roots and strip off its fruit, so that all the new leaves it puts out will wither, and no great strength is needed nor many people to pull it up by the roots?
10 Planted it may be -- will it succeed? Will it not shrivel up when the east wind blows? It will wither in the bed where it was growing!" '
11 The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows:
12 'Say to that tribe of rebels, "Do you not know what this means?" Say this, 'Look, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem; he carried away the king and the princes, and took them to his home in Babylon.
13 He took a member of the royal family and made a treaty with him, forcing him to swear loyalty, having already deported the leading men of the country,
14 so that the kingdom would remain modest and without ambitions, and would keep and honour his treaty.
15 But the prince rebelled against him and sent envoys to Egypt to procure himself horses and a large number of troops. Will he succeed? Will a man who has done this go unpunished? Can he break a treaty and go unpunished?
16 As I live, I swear it -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- in Babylon, in the country of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he has disregarded and whose treaty he has broken, there he will die.
17 Despite the pharaoh's great army and hordes of men, he will not be able to save him by fighting, however many earthworks are raised, however many trenches dug to the loss of many lives.
18 He has disregarded the oath by breaking the treaty to which he had pledged himself and, having done all this, will not go unpunished.
19 "So, the Lord Yahweh says this: As I live, I swear it: my oath which he has disregarded, my treaty which he has broken, I shall make them both recoil on his own head.
20 I shall throw my net over him, he will be caught in my mesh; I shall take him to Babylon and punish him there for being unfaithful to me.
21 All the pick of all his troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors be scattered to all the winds. And you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken.
22 "The Lord Yahweh says this: From the top of the tall cedar tree, from the highest branch I shall take a shoot and plant it myself on a high and lofty mountain.
23 I shall plant it on the highest mountain in Israel. It will put out branches and bear fruit and grow into a noble cedar tree. Every kind of bird will live beneath it, every kind of winged creature will rest in the shade of its branches.
24 And all the trees of the countryside will know that I, Yahweh, am the one who lays the tall tree low and raises the low tree high, who makes the green tree wither and makes the withered bear fruit. I, Yahweh, have spoken, and I will do it." '
Versículos relacionados com Ezekiel, 17:
Ezekiel 17 is a chapter in which the prophet uses a metaphor to portray Israel's infidelity in relation to God. He compares the nation to a great cedar that, instead of trusting God, seeks support in other nations and gods, which leads to his fall and destruction. To find verses related to the topics covered in Ezekiel 17, the themes of infidelity, confidence in other nations and fall were considered. Following are five verses chosen in order of proximity to these themes:
Jeremiah 2:13: "For my people have committed two evils: They abandoned me the source of living water; and they dug cisterns, cracked cisterns that do not retain water." This verse talks about Israel's infidelity by abandoning God, which is the source of life and joy to seek satisfaction in other things.
Isaiah 30:1-2: "Woe to the rebellious children! - Oracle of the Lord - who take action, but not mine, who make covenants, but without my spirit, accumulating sin over sin! , seeking refuge in the strength of Pharaoh, in the shadow of Egypt seek shelter! " This verse denounces Israel's confidence in other nations, without seeking the guidance of God, which results in more sin and infidelity.
Jeremiah 13:23: "Can an Ethiopian change your skin, or a leopard to your blemishes? In the same way, you, who got used to doing evil, are unable to do good." This verse talks about the inevitability of the fall of Israel, which got used to doing evil and turned away from God.
Hosea 14:3: "Assyria will not save us, we will no longer assemble horses, we will no longer call the works of our hands. In you the orphan finds compassion." This verse portrays the transformation that should occur in Israel, which needs to abandon your trust in other nations and return to God, which is the only one capable of saving them.
Isaiah 31:1: "Woe to those who come down to Egypt in search of help, who trust horses, war cars, crowds of carriers, horses and knights, but do not put their trust in the saint of Israel, nor or seek the Lord! " This verse reinforces the message that confidence in other nations and earthly things leads to fall and destruction, and that the only safe source of salvation is God.
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