Ezekiel 17
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
11Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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;
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:
14That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
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?
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵתʼêthH85317× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- אָמַרʼâmarH55910× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- הָיָהhâyâhH19619× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- אֵלʼêlH4139× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- כֹּלkôlH36058× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- לֹאlôʼH38088× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- לָקַחlâqachH39477× in this chapter
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- אֲנִיʼănîyH5897× in this chapter
I
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62137× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- רַבrabH72277× in this chapter
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- בְּרִיתbᵉrîythH12856× in this chapter
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14196× in this chapter
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- יָבֵשׁyâbêshH30016× in this chapter
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8346× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9356× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- אֲדֹנָיʼĂdônâyH1365× in this chapter
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30685× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יְהֹוִהYᵉhôvihH30695× in this chapter
{YHWH}
- נָתַןnâthanH54145× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- עַלʻalH59215× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- עֵץʻêtsH60865× in this chapter
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
- גֶּפֶןgephenH16124× in this chapter
a vine (as twining), especially the grape
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20094× in this chapter
lo!
- כֹּהkôhH35414× in this chapter
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
- אָלָהʼâlâhH4234× in this chapter
an imprecation
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼH53754× in this chapter
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- שֶׁרֶשׁshereshH83284× in this chapter
a root (literally or figuratively)
- שָׁתַלshâthalH83624× in this chapter
to transplant
- בָּבֶלBâbelH8944× in this chapter
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
- דָּלִיָּהdâlîyâhH18083× in this chapter
something dangling, i.e. a bough
- זֶרַעzeraʻH22333× in this chapter
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30453× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- כָּנָףkânâphH36713× in this chapter
an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle
- אֵלֶּהʼêl-lehH4283× in this chapter
these or those
- מָלַטmâlaṭH44223× in this chapter
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
- מֶלֶךְmelekH44283× in this chapter
a king
- פְּרִיpᵉrîyH65293× in this chapter
fruit (literally or figuratively)
- פָּרַרpârarH65653× in this chapter
to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate
- צָלַחtsâlachH67433× in this chapter
to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
- רֹאשׁrôʼshH72183× in this chapter
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)