Ezekiel 17 ~ 19

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17:1And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Compare
17:2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and utter a parable to the house of Israel; Compare
17:3And say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, A great eagle with great wings, long pinions, and full plumage of many colors came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar. Compare
17:4He cropped off its topmost young twig and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders. Compare
17:5He also took some of the seed of the land and put it in a fertile field; he took it and set it by abundant waters like a willow, Compare
17:6That it might sprout and become a low, running vine with its branches turned toward him and its roots under him. And it became a vine and produced offshoots and sent forth boughs. Compare
17:7And there was another great eagle with great wings and much plumage; and then this vine bent its roots toward him, and from the beds where it was planted it sent out its branches toward him that he might water it. Compare
17:8In a good field by abundant waters it had been transplanted so that it would produce branches and bear fruit, that it might be a magnificent vine. Compare
17:9Say then, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit so that it withers? All its fresh sprouting leaves will wither, even without great strength or a mighty people pulling it up from its roots. Compare
17:10And indeed, though it has been transplanted, will it thrive? Will it not wither completely once the east wind touches it? In the beds where it was planted it will wither. Compare
17:11Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Compare
17:12Say now to the rebellious house, Do you not know what these things mean? Say, Indeed the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and he took its king and its rulers and brought them to him at Babylon. Compare
17:13And he took someone of the royal seed and made a covenant with him and put him under an oath. He also took the mighty men of the land, Compare
17:14That the kingdom might be humble, that it might not lift itself up, but by keeping his covenant, it might stand. Compare
17:15But he rebelled against him by sending his messengers to Egypt that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does these things escape? Can he break the covenant and slip away? Compare
17:16As I live, declares the Lord Jehovah, surely in the land of the king who made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke, with him in the midst of Babylon he will die. Compare
17:17And Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not aid him in battle, when they cast up mounds and build siegeworks to cut off many lives. Compare
17:18Indeed, he despised the oath by breaking the covenant; yes, he even gave his hand and yet did all these things; he will not slip away. Compare
17:19Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah, As I live, surely My oath, which he despised, and My covenant, which he broke, I will bring upon his head. Compare
17:20And I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare; and I will bring him to Babylon and will enter into judgment with him there concerning his unfaithfulness by which he has been unfaithful to Me. Compare
17:21And all his choice men with all his armies will fall by the sword, and those who are left will be scattered into every wind; and you will know that I, Jehovah, have spoken. Compare
17:22Thus says the Lord Jehovah, I will also take a twig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out; from the topmost of its young twigs I will crop off a tender one, and I will transplant it upon a high and prominent mountain. Compare
17:23On the high mountain of Israel I will transplant it; and it will bear branches and produce fruit and will become a magnificent cedar; and under it all birds of every kind will nest; in the shade of its branches they will nest. Compare
17:24And all the trees of the field will know that I, Jehovah, have brought down the exalted tree and have exalted the lowly tree, that I have dried up the green tree and have made the dry tree bud. I, Jehovah, have spoken, and I will do it. Compare
18:1Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Compare
18:2What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers eat sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? Compare
18:3As I live, declares the Lord Jehovah, the use of this parable will no longer be with you in Israel. Compare
18:4Indeed all souls are Mine; indeed as is the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins, he shall die. Compare
18:5But if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness, Compare
18:6And does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and does not defile his neighbor's wife or come near a menstruous woman; Compare
18:7And if a man does not oppress anyone but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not plunder but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment; Compare
18:8If he does not lend with interest or collect with an increase; if he withdraws his hand from iniquity and exercises true justice between man and man; Compare
18:9If he walks in My statutes and keeps My ordinances to do truth-he is righteous; he shall surely live, declares the Lord Jehovah. Compare
18:10But if he begets a violent son, one who sheds blood or does only one of these things Compare
18:11 (he himself has done none of these things); if he even eats upon the mountains or defiles his neighbor's wife, Compare
18:12Oppresses the poor and needy, commits plunder, does not restore the pledge, or lifts his eyes to the idols and commits abomination, Compare
18:13Lends with interest or collects with an increase; then will he live? He shall not live. He has committed all these abominations; he shall surely die. His blood shall be upon him. Compare
18:14But if he begets a son, and the son sees all the sins of his father that he has done, and he sees and does not do the like; Compare
18:15He does not eat upon the mountains and does not lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife, Compare
18:16Does not oppress anyone, does not keep the pledge and does not plunder, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment, Compare
18:17Takes his hand off the poor and does not collect with interest or increase, does My ordinances and walks in My statutes; he shall not die for his father's iniquity; he shall surely live. Compare
18:18As for his father, because he practiced extortion, plundered his brother, and did that which was not good in the midst of his people, indeed he shall die for his iniquity. Compare
18:19Yet you say, Why? Does not the son share the punishment for the father's iniquity? When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has kept all My statutes and done them, he shall surely live. Compare
18:20The soul who sins, he shall die; the son shall not share the punishment for the father's iniquity, nor shall the father share the punishment for the son's iniquity. The righteousness of the righteous man shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man shall be upon him. Compare
18:21But if the wicked man turns from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die. Compare
18:22None of his transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; because of his righteousness that he has practiced he shall live. Compare
18:23Do I take pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord Jehovah, and not in his turning away from his ways that he may live? Compare
18:24But when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity and commits all the abominations that the wicked man commits, will he live? None of his righteousness that he has practiced shall be remembered. Because of his unfaithfulness in which he has acted unfaithfully and because of his sin which he has sinned, because of them, he shall die. Compare
18:25Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not fair. Hear now, O house of Israel! Is My way not fair? Is it not your ways that are not fair? Compare
18:26When a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity and dies as a consequence, because of his iniquity that he has practiced he shall die. Compare
18:27Again, when a wicked man turns from his wickedness that he has practiced and practices justice and righteousness, he shall save his life. Compare
18:28Because he sees and turns from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. Compare
18:29Yet the house of Israel says, The way of the Lord is not fair. Are My ways not fair, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not fair? Compare
18:30Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his ways, declares the Lord Jehovah. Repent, and turn away from all your transgressions so that iniquity will not become a stumbling block to you. Compare
18:31Cast away from you all your transgressions by which you have transgressed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit; for why will you die, O house of Israel? Compare
18:32For I take no pleasure in the death of him who dies, declares the Lord Jehovah; therefore turn and live. Compare
19:1But you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, Compare
19:2And say, What was your mother? / A lioness among lions. / She lay in the midst of young lions; / She brought up her whelps. Compare
19:3When she raised up one of her whelps, / He became a young lion; / And he learned to take prey; / He devoured men. Compare
19:4Then the nations heard of him; / He was captured in their pit, / And they brought him with hooks / To the land of Egypt. Compare
19:5When she saw that she had waited, / That her hope was lost, / She took another one of her whelps; / She made him a young lion. Compare
19:6And he went about among the lions; / He became a young lion. / And he learned to take prey; / He devoured men. Compare
19:7And he destroyed their citadels / And laid waste their cities; / And the land and its fullness were horrified / At the sound of his roaring. Compare
19:8Then the nations set against him / All around from the provinces / And spread their net over him; / He was captured in their pit. Compare
19:9And they put him in a cage with hooks / And brought him to the king of Babylon - / They brought him into strongholds - / That his voice would no longer be heard / Upon the mountains of Israel. Compare
19:10Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, / Transplanted beside the waters; / It was fruitful and full of branches / Because of abundant waters. Compare
19:11And it had strong branches / For scepters of those who rule; / And its height was exalted among the leafy boughs, / And it was visible in its height because of the multitude of its branches. Compare
19:12But it was plucked up in wrath; / It was cast down to the ground; / And the east wind dried up its fruit; / Its strong branch was broken off and it withered; / The fire consumed it. Compare
19:13And now it is transplanted in the wilderness, / In a dry and thirsty land. Compare
19:14And fire has gone forth from its branch; / It has consumed its offshoots and its fruit, / So that there is no strong branch in it, / A scepter to rule. This is a lamentation and it has become a lamentation. Compare

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