1And the worde of the Lord came vnto mee, saying,

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2Sonne of man, put foorth a parable and speake a prouerbe vnto the house of Israel,

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Ezekiel 20:49, Ezekiel 20:49, Matthew 13:35, Matthew 13:35, Matthew 13:13

3And say, Thus saith the Lord God, The great eagle with great wings, and long wings, and ful of fethers, which had diuers colours, came vnto Lebanon, and tooke the highest branch of the cedar,

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Jeremiah 48:40, Hosea 8:1, Jeremiah 48:40, Hosea 8:1, Ezekiel 17:7

4And brake off the toppe of his twigge, and caried it into the land of marchants, and set it in a citie of marchants.

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Jeremiah 51:13, Revelation 18:11, Revelation 18:19, Isaiah 43:14, Revelation 18:3

5Hee tooke also of the seede of the lande, and planted it in a fruitfull ground: hee placed it by great waters, and set it as a willowe tree.

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Isaiah 44:4, Deuteronomy 8:7, Deuteronomy 8:9, Isaiah 44:4, Deuteronomy 8:7

6And it budded vp, and was like a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward it, and the rootes thereof were vnder it: so it became a vine, and it brought foorth branches, and shot foorth buds.

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Ezekiel 17:14, Ezekiel 17:14, Proverbs 16:18, Proverbs 16:19, Proverbs 16:18

7There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers, and beholde, this vine did turne her rootes toward it, and spred foorth her branches toward it, that she might water it by the trenches of her plantation.

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Ezekiel 31:4, Ezekiel 17:15, Ezekiel 31:4, Ezekiel 17:15, 2 Kings 24:20

8It was planted in a good soyle by great waters, that it should bring forth branches, and beare fruite, and be an excellent vine.

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Ezekiel 17:5, Ezekiel 17:6, Ezekiel 17:5, Ezekiel 17:6

9Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God, Shall it prosper? shall he not pull vp the rootes thereof, and destroy the fruite thereof, and cause them to drie? all the leaues of her bud shall wither without great power, or many people, to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof.

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Isaiah 30:1, Isaiah 30:7, Isaiah 31:1, Isaiah 31:3, Jeremiah 21:4

10Beholde, it was planted: but shall it prosper? shall it not be dried vp, and wither? when the East winde shall touch it, it shall wither in the trenches, where it grewe.

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Hosea 13:15, Hosea 13:15, Hosea 12:1, John 15:6, Mark 11:20

11Moreouer, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

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12Say now to this rebellious house, Know ye not, what these things meane? tell them, Behold, the King of Babel is come to Ierusalem, and hath taken the King thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babel,

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Ezekiel 24:19, Ezekiel 24:19, Ezekiel 17:3, Ezekiel 1:2, Ezekiel 17:3

13And hath taken one of the Kings seede, and made a couenant with him, and hath taken an othe of him: he hath also taken the princes of the land,

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2 Chronicles 36:13, 2 Chronicles 36:13, 2 Kings 24:15, 2 Kings 24:17, 2 Kings 24:15

14That the kingdome might be in subiection, and not lift it selfe vp, but keepe their couenant, and stand to it.

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Ezekiel 29:14, Ezekiel 29:14, Matthew 22:17, Matthew 22:21, Deuteronomy 28:43

15But he rebelled against him, and sent his ambassadours into Egypt, that they might giue him horses, and much people: shall hee prosper? shall he escape, that doeth such things? or shall he breake the couenant, and be deliuered?

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2 Kings 24:20, Jeremiah 34:3, Jeremiah 38:18, 2 Chronicles 36:13, Ezekiel 17:7

16As I liue, saith the Lord God, he shall die in the middes of Babel, in the place of the King, that had made him King, whose othe he despised, and whose couenant made with him, he brake.

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Ezekiel 12:13, Ezekiel 12:13, Jeremiah 52:11, Jeremiah 52:11, Exodus 8:2

17Neither shall Pharaoh with his mightie hoste, and great multitude of people, mainteine him in the warre, when they haue cast vp mounts, and builded ramparts to destroy many persons.

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Jeremiah 37:7, Jeremiah 37:7, Ezekiel 4:2, Isaiah 36:6, Ezekiel 29:6

18For he hath despised the othe, and broken ye couenant (yet lo, he had giuen his hand) because he hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

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1 Chronicles 29:24, 1 Chronicles 29:24, 2 Chronicles 30:8, 2 Chronicles 30:8, Lamentations 5:6

19Therefore, thus sayth the Lord God, As I liue, I wil surely bring mine othe that he hath despised, and my couenant that he hath broken vpon his owne head.

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Jeremiah 5:9, Jeremiah 5:2, Deuteronomy 5:11, Jeremiah 5:9, Jeremiah 5:2

20And I wil spread my net vpon him, and he shalbe taken in my net, and I wil bring him to Babel, and will enter into iudgement with him there for his trespas that he hath committed against me.

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Ezekiel 12:13, Ezekiel 12:13, Jeremiah 2:35, Ezekiel 32:3, Ezekiel 20:35

21And all that flee from him with all his hoste, shall fall by the sword, and they that remaine, shalbe scattered towarde all the windes: and ye shall know that I the Lord haue spoken it.

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2 Kings 25:5, 2 Kings 25:11, 2 Kings 25:5, 2 Kings 25:11, Ezekiel 12:14

22Thus saith the Lord God, I wil also take off the top of this hie cedar, and wil set it, and cut off the top of the tender plant thereof, and I wil plant it vpon an hie mountaine and great.

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Isaiah 53:2, Zechariah 6:12, Zechariah 6:13, Ezekiel 20:40, Isaiah 11:1

23Euen in the hie mountaine of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughes and beare fruite, and be an excellent cedar, and vnder it shall remaine all birds, and euery foule shall dwell in the shadow of the branches thereof.

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Matthew 13:32, Matthew 13:32, Ezekiel 31:6, Ezekiel 31:6, Isaiah 2:2

24And all the trees of the fielde shall knowe that I the Lord haue brought downe the hie tree, and exalted the lowe tree, that I haue dried vp the greene tree, and made the drie tree to florish: I the Lord haue spoken it, and haue done it.

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Amos 9:11, Amos 9:11, 1 Corinthians 1:27, 1 Corinthians 1:28, 1 Corinthians 1:27