Ezekiel 17:9

Catholic Public Domain Version

Speak: Thus says the Lord God: What if it does not prosper? Should he not pull up its roots, and strip off its fruit, and dry up all the branches that it has produced, and let it wither, though he is without a strong arm and without many people to pull it up by the root?

Cross References

2 Chronicles 13:12

Therefore, God is the commander of our army, with his priests, who sound the trumpets that ring out against you. O sons of Israel, do not choose to fight against the Lord, the God of your fathers. For it is not expedient for you."

2 Chronicles 20:20

And when they had risen up in the morning, they went out through the desert of Tekoa. And as they were setting out, Jehoshaphat, standing in their midst, said: "Listen to me, men of Judah and all inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be secure. Believe in his prophets, and everything will come to prosperity."

Jeremiah 32:5

And he will lead Zedekiah to Babylon. And he will be there until I visit him, says the Lord. So then, if you contend against the Chaldeans, you will have no success.' "

Jeremiah 37:10

Therefore, when the army of the Chaldeans had withdrawn from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh's army,

Ezekiel 17:10

Behold, it has been planted. What if it does not prosper? Should it not be dried up when the burning wind touches it, and should it not wither in the garden of its germination?"

Ezekiel 17:8

It had been planted in a good land, above many waters, so that it would produce branches and bear fruit, so that it would become a large vine.

Amos 2:9

Yet I exterminated the Amorites before their face, whose height was like the height of cedars, and whose strength was like the oak. And I crushed his fruit from above and his roots below.

Numbers 14:41

And Moses said to them: "Why do you transgress the word of the Lord, merely because it will not result in prosperity for you?