1
And
the
word
of
the
LORD
came
unto
me,
saying,
2
Son
of
man,
put
forth
a
riddle,
and
speak
a
parable
unto
the
house
of
Israel;
3
And
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:
4
He
cropped
off
the
top
of
his
young
twigs,
and
carried
it
into
a
land
of
traffick;
he
set
it
in
a
city
of
merchants.
5
He
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.
6
And
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.
7
There
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.
8
It
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.
9
Say
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.
10
Yea,
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.
11
Moreover
the
word
of
the
LORD
came
unto
me,
saying,
12
Say
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;
13
And
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:
14
That
the
kingdom
might
be
base,
that
it
might
not
lift
itself
up,
[but]
that
by
keeping
of
his
covenant
it
might
stand.
15
But
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?
16
[As]
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.
17
Neither
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:
18
Seeing
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.
19
Therefore
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.
20
And
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
21
And
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].
22
Thus
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:
23
In
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.
24
And
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].