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Ezekiel 17
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Jan van Kessel, Senior (1626-1679)
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[ Illustration: Today's painting contains an eagle, a symbol of the eagles mentioned in today's chapter. ]
SPECIAL NOTE:
[ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no chapters will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ]
Explanation: In Ezekiel 17, the LORD compared the kings of Babylon and Egypt to Eagles and Israel to a cutting from a cedar which turned into a willow, then into a vine. This vine reached out first toward the one eagle and then toward the other. This symbolized the treachery of Israel in breaking their covenant with Babylon and making an alliance with Egypt (1-8).
However, the LORD warned them that Egypt would not be able to deliver them (9-10).
Instead, Jerusalem and Israel would go into captivity to Babylon (11-21).
After the LORD corrected them there, he would plant them like a cedar twig in their own land, and they would become a great and impressive cedar. In this way, the LORD will bring Israel to it's full potential -- to become a cedar, not a mere vine (22-24).
[ Sermons: James Philip. G I Williamson. Joel R Beeke. Various. ]
Bible Chronologies -- Genesis to Revelation
RESOURCES
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[ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Ezekiel 17: Ezekiel 13. Ezekiel 14. Ezekiel 15. Ezekiel 16. Ezekiel 17. Ezekiel 18. Ezekiel 19. Ezekiel 20. Ezekiel 21. Ezekiel 22. Ezekiel 23. ]
[1-2] 2 Kings 24:8-20; 2 Chronicles 36:9-13; Jeremiah 37; Jeremiah 52:1-7.
[3] Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:22; Isaiah 46:11; Jeremiah 22:23; 1 Kings 7:2; Ezekiel 31:3-4; Ezekiel 31:10; Ezekiel 17:4.
[4] Hosea 12:8; Isaiah 23:8; Zephaniah 1:11; Ezekiel 16:29.
[5] Ezekiel 17:13; 2 Kings 24:17; Jeremiah 37:1; Ezekiel 19:11-12; Isaiah 15:7; Isaiah 44:4.
[6] Ezekiel 17:14.
[7] 2 Kings 24:20; 2 Chronicles 26:13; Jeremiah 27:5-7.
[8] Ezekiel 17:5-6.
[9] Numbers 14:41; 2 Chronicles 13:12; 2 Chronicles 20:20; Isaiah 8:9-10; Isaiah 30:1-7; Isaiah 31:1-3; 2 Kings 25:4-7; Jeremiah 21:4-7; Jeremiah 24:8-10; Jeremiah 29:4-7; Jeremiah 52:7-11; Jeremiah 37:10.
[10] Ezekiel 19:12-14; Jude 1:12.
[11-12] Isaiah 1:2; 2 Kings 24:10-16; Isaiah 39:7; Jeremiah 52:31-34.
[13] 2 Kings 24:17; Jeremiah 37:1; 2 Chronicles 36:13; Jeremiah 24:1; Jeremiah 29:2.
[14] Ezekiel 29:14.
[15] 2 Samuel 21:1-2.
[16] Ezekiel 7:18-19; Ezekiel 16:59; Jeremiah 39:7; Jeremiah 52:11.
[17] Jeremiah 44:30; Jeremiah 37:5-11.
[18] Lamentations 5:6; 2 Chronicles 30:8.
[19] Jeremiah 7:9-15.
[20] Ezekiel 12:13; Ezekiel 32:8; 2 Chronicles 33:11; Jeremiah 39:5-7.
[21] Ezekiel 5:12.
[22] Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 53:2; Isaiah 4:2; Jeremiah 23:5; 2 Samuel 3:39; 1 Chronicles 22:5; 1 Chronicles 29:1.
[23] Ezekiel 20:40; Isaiah 2:2-4; Micah 4:1-3; Psalm 2:6; Daniel 4:20-21; Revelation 5:9.
[24] 1 Samuel 2:1-10; Luke 1:52-55.
-- From Treasury of Scripture Knowledge & Others ]
[ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]
[ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]
[ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). PROVERBS: Book of Proverbs. ECCLESIASTES: Book of Ecclesiastes Dramatized. SONG OF SOLOMON: Song of Solomon Dramatized. ISAIAH: Isaiah Dramatized. JEREMIAH: Jeremiah Dramatized. LAMENTATIONS: Lamentations Dramatized. EZEKIEL: Ezekiel Dramatized. VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]
HARMONY OF THE LAW
HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES
Ezekiel Detailed Outline
Ezekiel 17
1. Before the Siege of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 1:1 - Ezekiel 23:49) - 593 - 586 B.C. Babylon
F. The Judgments Motif (Continued) (13:1 - 23:49)
3). The Allegories (Continued) (15:1 - 23:49)
c). The Two Eagles: Captivity for Jerusalem. Prosperity for Babylon (17:1-24)
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, [long of the pinion], full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took [this] the highest branch of the cedar:
4 He cropped off [this] 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 bought 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 [this] 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 [this] the roots thereof.
10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither [it shall wither, withering], 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 [this] 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 [this] 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, [this] whose oath he despised, and [this] 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 me.
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 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 bought 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.
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