Ezekiel 17:1

New Life Version

The Word of the Lord came to me saying,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to me:

Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

King James Version
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

English Standard Version
The word of the Lord came to me:

New American Standard Bible
Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

New Century Version
The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:

Amplified Bible
Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the worde of the Lorde came vnto mee, saying,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the word of the LORD came to me saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Now the word of Yahweh came to me saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Contemporary English Version
The Lord said:

Complete Jewish Bible
The word of Adonai came to me:

Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the word of the Lord came to me. He said,

George Lamsa Translation
AND the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Good News Translation
The Lord spoke to me.

Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge:

American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And the word of the Lord came vnto mee, saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,

Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

New English Translation
The word of the Lord came to me:

New King James Version
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

New Living Translation
Then this message came to me from the Lord :

New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord came to me:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the word of Yahweh came unto me saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Revised Standard Version
The word of the LORD came to me:

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

THE MESSAGE
God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, make a riddle for the house of Israel. Tell them a story. Say, ‘ God , the Master, says: "‘A great eagle with a huge wingspan and long feathers, In full plumage and bright colors, came to Lebanon And took the top off a cedar, broke off the top branch, Took it to a land of traders, and set it down in a city of shopkeepers. Then he took a cutting from the land and planted it in good, well-watered soil, like a willow on a riverbank. It sprouted into a flourishing vine, low to the ground. Its branches grew toward the eagle and the roots became established— A vine putting out shoots, developing branches.

Contextual Overview

¹ The Word of the Lord came to me saying, ² "Son of man, give the people of Israel this picture-story to think about. ³ Tell them, ‘The Lord God says, "A large eagle with big wings and long feathers of many colors came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar tree. ⁴ He broke off the very top of its young branches and brought it to a land of traders. He placed it in a city of people who buy and sell. ⁵ Then he took some of the seed of the land and planted it in good ground for growing. He planted it like a willow tree where there was much water to make it grow. ⁶ And it grew and became a low spreading vine. Its branches grew toward him, but its roots stayed under it. So it became a vine, and branches and leaves grew out from it. ⁷ "But there was another large eagle with big wings and many feathers. And the vine turned its roots and branches toward him from where it was planted, that he might water it. ⁸ It had been planted in good ground beside much water, that it might grow branches and give fruit and become a beautiful vine."' ⁹ Tell them, ‘The Lord God says, "Will it live and grow? Will not its roots be pulled up and its fruit be cut off so that its leaves that started to grow dry up? It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by the roots. ¹⁰ Even if it is planted again, will it live and grow? Will it not dry up when the east wind hits it? Will it not dry up in the place where it grew?"'"

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Cross-References

Genesis 5:22
Enoch walked with God 300 years after the birth of Methuselah. He had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:24
Enoch walked with God, and he was seen no more, for God took him.

Genesis 12:1
Now the Lord said to Abram, "Leave your country, your family and your father's house, and go to the land that I will show you.

Genesis 12:7
Then the Lord showed Himself to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your children and to your children's children." So Abram built an altar there to the Lord Who had shown Himself to him.

Genesis 16:16
Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to his son Ishmael.

Genesis 18:1
The Lord showed Himself to Abraham by the oak trees of Mamre, as he sat at the tent door in the heat of the day.

Genesis 18:14
Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son."

Genesis 28:3
May the All-powerful God bring good to you and give you many children until you become many nations.

Genesis 35:11
Then God said to him, "I am the All-powerful God. Have many children and add to your number. A nation and a group of nations will come from you. Kings will come from you.

Genesis 48:15
Then he prayed that good would come to Joseph, and said, "The God with Whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God Who has been my Shepherd all my life to this day,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. After the prophet had been sent to charge the Jews with breaking the covenant with God, he is sent to rebuke and threaten them for breaking covenant with men, even with the king of Babylon; by whom they were in part carried into captivity, and another part remained in the land, as will be hereafter seen.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel, after describing by a figure the circumstances and conditions of the Jews and Zedekiah, the vassal of the Assyrian monarch, warns them of the delusive character of their hopes of help from Egypt, protests against the perfidy which must accompany such alliance, and points out that the restoration of the people of God will be effected by a very different son of David. The close of this chapter is a striking prediction of the kingdom of the Messiah.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XVII

This chapter begins with a new allegory or parable, 1-10;

to which an explanation is immediately subjoined, 11-21.

In the remaining verses the prophet, by a beautiful metaphor,

makes an easy and natural transition to the Messiah, and

predicts the security, increasing prosperity, and ultimate

universality of his kingdom, 22-24.

From the beauty of its images, the elegance of its composition,

the perspicuity of its language, the rich variety of its

matter, and the easy transition from one part of the subject to

another, this chapter forms one of the most beautiful and

perfect pieces of its kind that can possibly be conceived in so

small a compass; and then the unexpected change from objects

that presented nothing to the view but gloom and horror, to a

prospect of ineffable glory and beauty, has a most happy

effect. Every lowering cloud is dispelled, and the fields again

smile in the beams of midday. The traveller, who this moment

trembled as he looked around for shelter, now proceeds on his

way rejoicing.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVII