WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:01.540 Chapter 17. 00:03.180 --> 00:08.340 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, put forth a riddle, 00:08.680 --> 00:13.420 and speak a parable unto the house of Israel, and say, Thus saith the Lord God. 00:14.040 --> 00:17.820 A great eagle with great wings, long-winged, full of feathers, 00:18.440 --> 00:23.140 which had diverse colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of 00:23.140 --> 00:23.540 the cedar. 00:24.400 --> 00:28.940 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffic. 00:28.940 --> 00:31.420 He set it in a city of merchants. 00:32.320 --> 00:36.900 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field. 00:37.680 --> 00:40.900 He placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree. 00:41.600 --> 00:46.880 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned 00:46.880 --> 00:50.040 toward him, and the roots thereof were under him. 00:50.640 --> 00:55.100 So it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth springs. 00:55.100 --> 00:59.740 There was also another great eagle, with great wings, and many feathers. 01:00.300 --> 01:05.360 And, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches 01:05.360 --> 01:09.280 toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation. 01:10.300 --> 01:14.460 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth 01:14.460 --> 01:19.060 branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. 01:19.800 --> 01:23.020 Say thou, thus saith the Lord God, Shall it prosper? 01:23.520 --> 01:27.720 Shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, 01:27.980 --> 01:28.520 that it wither? 01:29.160 --> 01:33.980 It shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power, 01:34.140 --> 01:36.800 or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. 01:38.120 --> 01:41.280 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? 01:42.060 --> 01:45.380 Shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? 01:45.860 --> 01:48.080 It shall wither in the furrows where it grew. 01:49.200 --> 01:54.320 Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Say now to the rebellious 01:54.320 --> 01:56.960 house, Know ye not what these things mean? 01:57.460 --> 02:02.920 Tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king 02:02.920 --> 02:06.960 thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon, 02:07.660 --> 02:12.340 and hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath 02:12.340 --> 02:13.640 taken an oath of him. 02:13.640 --> 02:18.860 He hath also taken the mighty of the land, that the kingdom might be base, 02:19.540 --> 02:24.460 that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it 02:24.460 --> 02:25.140 might stand. 02:25.800 --> 02:30.960 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might 02:30.960 --> 02:32.500 give him horses and much people. 02:33.420 --> 02:34.120 Shall he prosper? 02:34.860 --> 02:37.240 Shall he escape that doeth such things? 02:37.740 --> 02:40.320 Or shall he break the covenant and be delivered? 02:41.000 --> 02:45.660 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely in the place where the king 02:45.660 --> 02:50.840 dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he break, 02:51.360 --> 02:54.920 even with him in the midst of Babylon, he shall die. 02:55.900 --> 03:00.360 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war 03:00.360 --> 03:04.780 by casting up mounts and building forts to cut off many persons. 03:05.640 --> 03:10.340 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his 03:10.340 --> 03:14.600 hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. 03:15.500 --> 03:21.320 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, As I live, surely mine oath that he hath 03:21.320 --> 03:27.200 despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his 03:27.200 --> 03:33.320 own head, and I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, 03:33.820 --> 03:38.140 and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his 03:38.140 --> 03:40.660 trespass, that he hath trespassed against me. 03:41.540 --> 03:47.900 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that 03:47.900 --> 03:53.620 remain shall be scattered toward all winds, and ye shall know that I the Lord 03:53.620 --> 03:54.780 have spoken it. 03:55.780 --> 04:01.440 Thus saith the Lord God, I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, 04:02.060 --> 04:07.560 and will set it, I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, 04:08.080 --> 04:10.980 and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent. 04:12.020 --> 04:16.580 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it, and it shall bring forth 04:16.580 --> 04:22.720 boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar, and under it shall dwell all fowl 04:22.720 --> 04:26.740 of every wing, in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. 04:27.530 --> 04:32.840 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high 04:32.840 --> 04:38.300 tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have 04:38.300 --> 04:39.800 made the dry tree to flourish. 04:40.340 --> 04:43.040 I the Lord have spoken and have done it.