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ÉzéchielChapitre 17

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The word of the LORD came to me:
Son of man, pose a riddle and tell a parable to the house of Israel.
Say: Thus says the Lord GOD: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, rich in plumage of many colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.
He broke off its topmost shoot, carried it to a land of merchants, and set it in a city of traders.
Then he took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil. He set it beside abundant water, placing it like a willow.
It sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in height, with its branches turned toward him and its roots beneath him. So it became a vine, put out shoots, and sent out boughs.
But there was another great eagle with great wings and thick plumage, and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him and stretched out its branches to him, so that he might water it, away from the bed where it was planted.
It had been planted in good soil beside abundant water, that it might put out branches and bear fruit and become a noble vine.
Say: Thus says the Lord GOD: Will it thrive? Will he not tear up its roots and strip off its fruit, so that it shrivels and every fresh leaf it puts out withers away? No strong arm and no great army will be needed to pull it up by the roots.
Behold, it is planted; will it thrive? When the east wind strikes it, will it not wither away completely—wither on the bed where it grew?
Then the word of the LORD came to me:
Say now to the rebellious house: Do you not know what these things mean? Tell them: Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and its officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.
He took one of the royal offspring, made a covenant with him, and put him under oath. He also carried off the leading men of the land,
so that the kingdom would be humbled, unable to lift itself up, and would keep his covenant and so survive.
But he rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt, to get horses and a great army. Will he succeed? Will one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and go free?
As I live, declares the Lord GOD, he shall die in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne—the king whose oath he despised, whose covenant he broke.
Pharaoh with his mighty army and vast company will be of no help to him in the war, when ramps are thrown up and siege walls built to cut off many lives.
He despised the oath and broke the covenant; he gave his hand in pledge and still did all these things. He shall not escape.
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: As I live, it was my oath that he despised and my covenant that he broke, and I will bring it down on his own head.
I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there for the treachery he committed against me.
All his choice troops, in all his ranks, shall fall by the sword, and those who are left shall be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.
Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and set it out. I will pluck a tender shoot from its topmost branches, and I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it, and it will put out branches and bear fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it; in the shade of its branches they will make their home.
And all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD: I bring down the high tree and lift up the low tree, I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.
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