Ezekiel 17 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:
1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
2 Fili hominis, propone ænigma, et narra parabolam ad domum Israël,
2 “Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
3 et dices: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Aquila grandis magnarum alarum, longo membrorum ductu, plena plumis et varietate, venit ad Libanum, et tulit medullam cedri.
3 and 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.
4 Summitatem frondium ejus avulsit, et transportavit eam in terram Chanaan: in urbe negotiatorum posuit illam.
4 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.
5 Et tulit de semine terræ, et posuit illud in terra pro semine, ut firmaret radicem super aquas multas: in superficie posuit illud.
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.
6 Cumque germinasset, crevit in vineam latiorem, humili statura, respicientibus ramis ejus ad eam, et radices ejus sub illa erant: facta est ergo vinea, et fructificavit in palmites, et emisit propagines.
6 It 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.
7 Et facta est aquila altera grandis, magnis alis, multisque plumis: et ecce vinea ista quasi mittens radices suas ad eam, palmites suos extendit ad illam, ut irrigaret eam de areolis germinis sui.
7 “‘“There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. Behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and shot out its branches toward him, from the ground where it was planted, that he might water it.
8 In terra bona super aquas multas plantata est, ut faciat frondes, et portet fructum, ut sit in vineam grandem.
8 It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might produce branches and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a good vine.”’
9 Dic: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Ergone prosperabitur? nonne radices ejus evellet, et fructus ejus distringet, et siccabit omnes palmites germinis ejus, et arescet, et non in brachio grandi, neque in populo multo, ut evelleret eam radicitus?
9 “Say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Will it prosper? Won’t he pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, that it may wither, that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? It can’t be raised from its roots by a strong arm or many people.
10 Ecce plantata est: ergone prosperabitur? nonne, cum tetigerit eam ventus urens, siccabitur, et in areis germinis sui arescet?
10 Yes, behold, being planted, will it prosper? Won’t it utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It will wither in the ground where it grew.”’”
11 Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:
11 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
12 Dic ad domum exasperantem: Nescitis quid ista significent? Dic: Ecce venit rex Babylonis in Jerusalem, et assumet regem et principes ejus, et adducet eos ad semetipsum in Babylonem.
12 “Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon.
13 Et tollet de semine regni, ferietque cum eo fœdus, et ab eo accipiet jusjurandum. Sed et fortes terræ tollet,
13 He took one of the royal offspring, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land,
14 ut sit regnum humile, et non elevetur, sed custodiat pactum ejus, et servet illud.
14 that the kingdom might be brought low, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
15 Qui recedens ab eo misit nuntios ad Ægyptum, ut daret sibi equos et populum multum: numquid prosperabitur, vel consequetur salutem, qui fecit hæc? et qui dissolvit pactum, numquid effugiet?
15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the covenant, and still escape?
16 Vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, quoniam in loco regis qui constituit eum regem, cujus fecit irritum juramentum, et solvit pactum quod habebat cum eo, in medio Babylonis morietur.
16 “‘As I live,’ says the Lord Yahweh, ‘surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the middle of Babylon he will die.
17 Et non in exercitu grandi, neque in populo multo, faciet contra eum Pharao prælium: in jactu aggeris, et in exstructione vallorum, ut interficiat animas multas.
17 Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company won’t help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons.
18 Spreverat enim juramentum, ut solveret fœdus, et ecce dedit manum suam: et cum omnia hæc fecerit, non effugiet.
18 For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things. He won’t escape.
19 Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Vivo ego, quoniam juramentum quod sprevit, et fœdus quod prævaricatus est, ponam in caput ejus.
19 “Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘As I live, I will surely bring on his own head my oath that he has despised and my covenant that he has broken.
20 Et expandam super eum rete meum, et comprehendetur in sagena mea: et adducam eum in Babylonem, et judicabo eum ibi in prævaricatione qua despexit me.
20 I will spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.
21 Et omnes profugi ejus, cum universo agmine suo, gladio cadent: residui autem in omnem ventum dispergentur: et scietis quia ego Dominus locutus sum.
21 All his fugitives in all his bands will fall by the sword, and those who remain will be scattered toward every wind. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it.’
22 Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Et sumam ego de medulla cedri sublimis, et ponam: de vertice ramorum ejus tenerum distringam, et plantabo super montem excelsum et eminentem.
22 “The Lord Yahweh says: ‘I will also take some of the lofty top of the cedar, and will plant it. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
23 In monte sublimi Israël plantabo illud, et erumpet in germen, et faciet fructum, et erit in cedrum magnam: et habitabunt sub ea omnes volucres, et universum volatile sub umbra frondium ejus nidificabit:
23 I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel; and it will produce boughs, and bear fruit, and be a good cedar. Birds of every kind will dwell in the shade of its branches.
24 et scient omnia ligna regionis quia ego Dominus humiliavi lignum sublime, et exaltavi lignum humile; et siccavi lignum viride, et frondere feci lignum aridum. Ego Dominus locutus sum, et feci.
24 All the trees of the field will know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree flourish. “‘I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.’”
Cross references (22)
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- 2 Ezekiel 20:49; Matthew 13:35; Mark 4:33–34; Judges 9:8–15; 1 Corinthians 13:12
- 3 Jeremiah 48:40; Hosea 8:1; Daniel 4:22; Ezekiel 17:7; Jeremiah 24:1
- 4 Revelation 18:3; Jeremiah 51:13; Isaiah 47:15; Isaiah 43:14; Revelation 18:11–19
- 5 Isaiah 44:4; Deuteronomy 8:7–9; Jeremiah 37:1; 2 Kings 24:17; Isaiah 15:7
- 6 Ezekiel 17:14; Proverbs 16:18–19
- 7 Ezekiel 17:15; Ezekiel 31:4; 2 Chronicles 26:13; 2 Kings 24:20; Jeremiah 37:5–7
- 8 Ezekiel 17:5–6
- 9 Ezekiel 17:10; Jeremiah 32:5; Jeremiah 21:4–7; Numbers 14:41; Isaiah 31:1–3
- 10 Hosea 13:15; Jude 12; Ezekiel 19:12–14; Hosea 12:1; John 15:6
- 12 Ezekiel 24:19; Ezekiel 1:2; Ezekiel 17:3; Ezekiel 12:9–11; Matthew 15:16–17
- 13 2 Chronicles 36:13; 2 Kings 24:15–17; Ezekiel 17:5; Jeremiah 5:2; Jeremiah 24:1
- 14 Ezekiel 29:14; 1 Samuel 2:7; Jeremiah 27:12–17; Matthew 22:17–21; Lamentations 5:10
- 15 Deuteronomy 17:16; 2 Chronicles 36:13; Jeremiah 34:3; 2 Kings 24:20; Jeremiah 52:3
- 16 Ezekiel 12:13; Jeremiah 52:11; Exodus 8:2; 2 Kings 24:17; Jeremiah 39:7
- 17 Jeremiah 37:7; Isaiah 36:6; Ezekiel 4:2; Ezekiel 29:6–7; Jeremiah 37:5
- 18 1 Chronicles 29:24; 2 Chronicles 30:8; Lamentations 5:6
- 19 Jeremiah 5:2; Jeremiah 5:9; Deuteronomy 5:11; Ezekiel 21:23–27; Jeremiah 7:9–15
- 20 Ezekiel 12:13; Ezekiel 32:3; Ezekiel 20:35–36; Jeremiah 2:35; Ezekiel 38:22
- 21 2 Kings 25:11; 2 Kings 25:5; Ezekiel 12:14; Ezekiel 5:12; Ezekiel 15:7
- 22 Zechariah 6:12–13; Isaiah 53:2; Isaiah 11:1–5; Ezekiel 20:40; Psalm 2:6
- 23 Matthew 13:32; Ezekiel 31:6; Isaiah 2:2; Hosea 14:7; John 15:5–8
- 24 Amos 9:11; 1 Corinthians 1:27–28; Ezekiel 24:14; Luke 1:52–53; Isaiah 26:5
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