Ezekiel 17:5

Easy To Read Version

Then the eagle took some of the seeds (people) from Canaan\par He planted them in good soil.\par He planted them by a good river.\par

Cross References

2 Kings 24:17

The king of Babylon made Mattaniah the new king. Mattaniah was Jehoiachin’s uncle. He changed his name to Zedekiah.

Isaiah 15:7

So the people gather the things they own,\par \{and they leave Moab\}.\par They carry those things,\par and cross \{the border\} at Poplar Creek. {\cf2\super [162]} \par

Isaiah 44:4

They will grow among the people in the world. They will be like trees growing beside streams of water.

Jeremiah 12:2

You have put those wicked people here.\par They are like plants with strong roots,\par they grow and produce fruit.\par With their mouths, they say that you are near and dear to them.\par But in their hearts, they are really far away from you.\par

Jeremiah 37:1

Nebuchadnezzar was the king of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar appointed Zedekiah as king of Judah in the place of Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim. Zedekiah was a son of King Josiah.

Ezekiel 17:13

Then Nebuchadnezzar made an agreement with a man from the king’s family. Nebuchadnezzar forced that man to make a promise. So this man promised to be loyal to Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar made this man the new king of Judah. Then he took all the powerful men away from Judah.

Ezekiel 17:4

The eagle broke the top out of the big cedar tree (Lebanon) and brought it to Canaan.\par The eagle set down the branch in the town of businessmen.\par

Ezekiel 17:6

The seeds grew and became a grapevine.\par It was a good vine.\par The vine was not tall,\par but it spread to cover a large area.\par The vine grew stems,\par and smaller vines grew very long.\par

Ezekiel 31:4

The water made the tree grow.\par The deep river made the tree tall.\par Rivers flowed around the place\par where the tree was planted.\par Only small streams flowed from that tree\par to all the other trees of the field.\par

Ezekiel 31:5

So that tree was taller\par than all the other trees of the field.\par And it grew many branches.\par There was plenty of water,\par so the tree branches spread out.\par