1And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

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2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto 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; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took 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

4He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

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

5He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

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

6And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

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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, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows 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 soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly 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 up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

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

10Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

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

11Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

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12Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

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

13And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty 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 kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

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

15But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

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

16As I live, saith the Lord God, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

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

17Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:

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

18Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and 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 saith the Lord God; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

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

20And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

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

21And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the Lord have 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 will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:

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

23In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

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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 field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken and have done it.

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