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1. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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1. And the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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2. Son of man, relate a tale, and speak a parable to the house of Israel:
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2. Son H1121 of man H120 , put forth H2330 a riddle H2420 , and speak H4911 a parable H4912 unto H413 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 ;
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3. and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Gr. the great eagle A great eagle with large wings, spreading them out very far, with many claws, which has the design of entering into Libanus—and he took the choice branches of the cedar:
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3. And say H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; A great H1419 eagle H5404 with great H1419 wings H3671 , long H750 H83 -winged, full H4392 of feathers H5133 , which H834 had divers colors H7553 , came H935 unto H413 Lebanon H3844 , and took H3947 H853 the highest branch H6788 of the cedar H730 :
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4. he cropped off the ends of the tender twigs, and brought them into the land of Alex. of the Chaldeans Chanaan; he laid them up in a walled city.
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4. He cropped off H6998 H853 the top H7218 of his young twigs H3242 , and carried H935 it into H413 a land H776 of traffic H3667 ; he set H7760 it in a city H5892 of merchants H7402 .
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5. And he took of the seed of the land, and sowed it in a field planted by much water; he set it in a conspicuous place.
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5. He took H3947 also of the seed H4480 H2233 of the land H776 , and planted H5414 it in a fruitful H2233 field H7704 ; he placed H3947 it by H5921 great H7227 waters H4325 , and set H7760 it as a willow tree H6851 .
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6. And it sprang up, and became a Alex. euyhnousan, flourishing weak and little vine, so that the branches thereof appeared upon it, and its roots were under it: and it became a vine, and put forth shoots, and sent forth its tendrils.
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6. And it grew H6779 , and became H1961 a spreading H5628 vine H1612 of low H8217 stature H6967 , whose branches H1808 turned H6437 toward H413 him , and the roots H8328 thereof were H1961 under H8478 him : so it became H1961 a vine H1612 , and brought forth H6213 branches H905 , and shot forth H7971 sprigs H6288 .
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7. And there was another great eagle, with great wings and many claws: and, behold, this vine bent itself round toward him, and her roots were turned towards him, and she sent forth her branches towards him, that he might water her together with the growth of her plantation.
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7. There was H1961 also another H259 great H1419 eagle H5404 with great H1419 wings H3671 and many H7227 feathers H5133 : and, behold H2009 , this H2063 vine H1612 did bend H3719 her roots H8328 toward him , and shot forth H7971 her branches H1808 toward H5921 him , that he might water H8248 it by the furrows H4480 H6170 of her plantation H4302 .
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8. She thrives in a fair field by much water, to produce shoots and bear fruit, that she might become a great vine.
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8. It H1931 was planted H8362 in H413 a good H2896 soil H7704 by H413 great H7227 waters H4325 , that it might bring forth H6213 branches H6057 , and that it might bear H5375 fruit H6529 , that it might be H1961 a goodly H155 vine H1612 .
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9. Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; Shall it prosper? shall not the roots of her tender stem and her fruit be blighted? yea, all her early shoots shall be dried up, and that not by a mighty arm, nor by many people, to tear her up from her roots.
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9. Say H559 thou, Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Shall it prosper H6743 ? shall he not H3808 pull up H5423 H853 the roots H8328 thereof , and cut off H7082 the fruit H6529 thereof , that it wither H3001 ? it shall wither H3001 in all H3605 the leaves H2965 of her spring H6780 , even without H3808 great H1419 power H2220 or many H7227 people H5971 to pluck it up H5375 H853 by the roots H4480 H8328 thereof.
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10. And, behold, it thrives: shall it prosper? shall it not wither as soon as the east wind touches it? it shall be withered together with the growth of its shoots.
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10. Yea, behold H2009 , being planted H8362 , shall it prosper H6743 ? shall it not H3808 utterly wither H3001 H3001 , when the east H6921 wind H7307 toucheth H5060 it? it shall wither H3001 in H5921 the furrows H6170 where it grew H6780 .
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11. Moreover the word of the Lord came to me saying,
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11. Moreover the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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12. Son of man, say now to the provoking house, Know ye not what these things were? say to them, Whenever the king of Babylon shall come against Jerusalem, then he shall take her king and her princes, and shall take them Or, with him home to Babylon.
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12. Say H559 now H4994 to the rebellious H4805 house H1004 , Know H3045 ye not H3808 what H4100 these H428 things mean ? tell H559 them , Behold H2009 , the king H4428 of Babylon H894 is come H935 to Jerusalem H3389 , and hath taken H3947 H853 the king H4428 thereof , and the princes H8269 thereof , and led H935 them with H413 him to Babylon H894 ;
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13. And he shall take of the seed royal, and shall make a covenant with him, and shall bind him with an oath: and he shall take the princes of the land:
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13. And hath taken H3947 of the king H4410 's seed H4480 H2233 , and made H3772 a covenant H1285 with H854 him , and hath taken H935 an oath H423 of him : he hath also taken H3947 the mighty H352 of the land H776 :
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14. that it may become a weak kingdom, so as never to lift itself up, that he may keep his covenant, and establish it.
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14. That the kingdom H4467 might be H1961 base H8217 , that it might not H1115 lift itself up H5375 , but that by keeping H8104 H853 of his covenant H1285 it might stand H5975 .
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15. And if he shall revolt from him, to send his messengers into Egypt, that they may give him horses and much people; shall he prosper? shall he that Or, acts perversely acts as an adversary be preserved? and shall he that transgresses the covenant be preserved?
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15. But he rebelled H4775 against him in sending H7971 his ambassadors H4397 into Egypt H4714 , that they might give H5414 him horses H5483 and much H7227 people H5971 . Shall he prosper H6743 ? shall he escape H4422 that doeth H6213 such H428 things ? or shall he break H6565 the covenant H1285 , and be delivered H4422 ?
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16. As I live, saith the Lord, verily in the place Alex. en w o basileuv, in which the king is where the king is that made him king, who dishonoured my oath, and who broke my covenant, shall he die with him in the midst of Babylon.
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16. As I H589 live H2416 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , surely H518 H3808 in the place H4725 where the king H4428 dwelleth that made him king H4427 H853 , whose H834 H853 oath H423 he despised H959 , and whose H834 H853 covenant H1285 he broke H6565 , even with H854 him in the midst H8432 of Babylon H894 he shall die H4191 .
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17. And Pharao shall make war upon him not with a large force or great multitude, in throwing up a mound, and in building of Or, warlike engines forts, to cut off souls.
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17. Neither H3808 shall Pharaoh H6547 with his mighty H1419 army H2428 and great H7227 company H6951 make H6213 for him in the war H4421 , by casting up H8210 mounts H5550 , and building H1129 forts H1785 , to cut off H3772 many H7227 persons H5315 :
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18. Whereas he has Lit. dishonoured profaned the oath so as to break the covenant, when, behold, I engage his hand, and he has done all these things to him, he shall not escape.
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18. Seeing he despised H959 the oath H423 by breaking H6565 the covenant H1285 , when, lo H2009 , he had given H5414 his hand H3027 , and hath done H6213 all H3605 these H428 things , he shall not H3808 escape H4422 .
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19. Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; As I live, surely mine oath which he has profaned, and my covenant which he has transgressed, I will even recompense it upon his head.
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19. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; As I H589 live H2416 , surely H518 H3808 mine oath H423 that H834 he hath despised H959 , and my covenant H1285 that H834 he hath broken H6565 , even it will I recompense H5414 upon his own head H7218 .
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20. And I will spread a net upon him, and he shall be caught in its snare.
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20. And I will spread H6566 my net H7568 upon H5921 him , and he shall be taken H8610 in my snare H4686 , and I will bring H935 him to Babylon H894 , and will plead H8199 with H854 him there H8033 for his trespass H4603 that H834 he hath trespassed H4603 against me.
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21. Alex. +’and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his wrongs, which he committed against me.’ In every battle of his they shall fall by the sword, and I will scatter his remnant to every wind: and ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.
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21. And all H3605 his fugitives H4015 with all H3605 his bands H102 shall fall H5307 by the sword H2719 , and they that remain H7604 shall be scattered H6566 toward all H3605 winds H7307 : and ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 have spoken H1696 it .
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22. For thus saith the Lord; I will even take of the choice branches of the cedar from the top thereof, I will crop off their hearts, and I will plant it on a high mountain:
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22. Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; I H589 will also take H3947 of the highest branch H4480 H6788 of the high H7311 cedar H730 , and will set H5414 it ; I will crop off H6998 from the top H4480 H7218 of his young twigs H3127 a tender one H7390 , and will plant H8362 it upon H5921 a high H1364 mountain H2022 and eminent H8524 :
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23. and I will hang it on a lofty mountain of Israel: yea, I will plant it, and it shall put forth shoots, and shall bear fruit, and it shall be a great cedar: and every bird shall rest beneath it, even every fowl shall rest under its shadow: its branches shall be restored.
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23. In the mountain H2022 of the height H4791 of Israel H3478 will I plant H8362 it : and it shall bring forth H5375 boughs H6057 , and bear H6213 fruit H6529 , and be H1961 a goodly H117 cedar H730 : and under H8478 it shall dwell H7931 all H3605 fowl H6833 of every H3605 wing H3671 ; in the shadow H6738 of the branches H1808 thereof shall they dwell H7931 .
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24. And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord that bring low the high tree, and exalt the low tree, and wither the green tree, and cause the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken, and will do it.
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24. And all H3605 the trees H6086 of the field H7704 shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 have brought down H8213 the high H1364 tree H6086 , have exalted H1361 the low H8217 tree H6086 , have dried up H3001 the green H3892 tree H6086 , and have made the dry H3002 tree H6086 to flourish H6524 : I H589 the LORD H3068 have spoken H1696 and have done H6213 it .
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