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1. And there is a word of Jehovah unto 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, put forth a riddle, and use a simile unto 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 hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The great eagle, great-winged, long-pinioned, Full of feathers, that hath diverse colours, Hath come in unto Lebanon, And it taketh the foliage 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. The top of its tender twigs it hath cropped, And it bringeth it in to the land of Canaan. In a city of merchants it hath placed it.
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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 it taketh of the seed of the land, And doth put it in a field of seed, To take by many waters, In a conspicuous place it hath set it.
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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 springeth up, and becometh a spreading vine, humble of stature, To turn its thin shoots toward itself, And its roots are under it, And it becometh a vine, and maketh boughs, And sendeth forth beauteous branches.
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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 is another great eagle, Great-winged, and abounding with feathers, And lo, this vine hath bent its roots toward him, And its thin shoots it hath sent out toward him, To water it from the furrows of its planting,
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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. On a good field, by many waters, it is planted, To make branches, and to bear fruit, To be for an goodly 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. Say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: It prospereth -- its roots doth he not draw out, And its fruit cut off, and it is withered? In all the leaves of its springing it withereth, And not by great strength, and by a numerous people, To lift it up by its 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 lo, the planted thing -- doth it prosper? When come against it doth the east wind, Doth it not utterly wither? On the furrows of its springing it withereth.`
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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. And there is a word of Jehovah unto 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. `Say, I pray thee, to the rebellious house, Have ye not known what these are? Say, Lo, come hath the king of Babylon to Jerusalem, And he taketh its king, and its princes, And bringeth them to himself 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 taketh of the seed of the kingdom, And maketh with him a covenant, And bringeth him in to an oath, And the mighty of the land he hath taken,
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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 the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant -- that it may stand.
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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 he rebelleth against him, To send his messengers to Egypt, To give to him horses, and much people, Doth he prosper? doth he escape who is doing these things? And hath he broken covenant and escaped?
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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. I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Doth he not -- in the place of the king who is causing him to reign, Whose oath he hath despised, And whose covenant he hath broken, With him -- in the midst of Babylon -- die?
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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 not with a great force, and with a numerous assembly, Doth Pharaoh maintain him in battle, By pouring out a mount, and in building a fortification, To cut off many 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. And he despised the oath -- to break covenant, And lo, he hath given his hand, And all these he hath done, he escapeth not.
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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, thus said the Lord Jehovah: I live -- Mine oath that he hath despised, And My covenant that he hath broken, Have I not put it on 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 have spread out for him My snare, And he hath been caught in My net, And I have brought him in to Babylon, And pleaded with him there his trespass, That he hath trespassed against Me.
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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. And all his fugitives, with all his bands, By sword do fall, and those remaining, To every wind they are spread out, And ye have known that I, Jehovah, have spoken.
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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. Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set it, From the top of its tender shoots a tender one I crop, And I -- I have planted it on a mountain high and lofty.
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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. In a mountain -- the high place of Israel, I plant it, And it hath borne boughs, and yielded fruit, And become a goodly cedar, And dwelt under it have all birds of every wing, In the shade of its thin shoots they dwell.
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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 known have all trees of the field That I, Jehovah, have made low the high tree, I have set on high the low tree, I have dried up the moist tree, And I have caused the dry tree to flourish, I, Jehovah, have spoken, and have done 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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