SinaiEzekiel 17:4
World English Bible
He cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, and carried it to a land of traffic. He planted it in a city of merchants.
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Ezekiel 17:4 in other translations
he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
Ezekiel 17:4 in context
- 2“Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
- 3and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar.
- 4He cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, and carried it to a land of traffic. He planted it in a city of merchants.
- 5“ ‘ “He also took some of the seed of the land, and planted it in fruitful soil. He placed it beside many waters. He set it as a willow tree.
- 6It grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and its roots were under him. So it became a vine, produced branches, and shot out sprigs.