Ezekiel 17:6

Easy To Read Version

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

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:10

In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent some servants to get Jehoiachin. They brought Jehoiachin and some valuable treasures from the Lord’s temple {\cf2\super [452]} to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar chose Zedekiah to be the new king of Judah and Jerusalem. Zedekiah was one of Jehoiachin’s relatives.

Psalm 80:8

\{In the past, you treated us like\par a very important plant.\}\par You brought your “vine” out of Egypt.\par You forced other people to leave this land,\par and you planted your “vine” here.\par

Isaiah 18:5

On a beautiful summer day, at noon, people will be resting. (It will be during the hot harvest time when there is no rain, but only early morning dew.) Then something terrible will happen. The time will be after the flowers have bloomed. The new grapes will be budding and growing. But before harvest, the enemy will come and cut the plants. The enemy will break the vines and throw them away.

Ezekiel 17:14

So Judah became a weak kingdom that could not turn against King Nebuchadnezzar. The people were forced to keep the agreement Nebuchadnezzar made with the new king of Judah.

Ezekiel 17:5

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

Ezekiel 17:7

Then another eagle with big wings\par saw the grapevine.\par The eagle had many feathers.\par The grapevine wanted this new eagle\par to care for it.\par So it made its roots grow toward this eagle.\par Its branches stretched toward this eagle.\par The branches grew away from the field\par that it was planted in.\par The grapevine wanted the new eagle\par to water it.\par

Ezekiel 19:10

“‘Your mother is like a grapevine\par planted near the water.\par She had plenty of water,\par so she grew many strong vines.\par

Ezekiel 29:15

It will be the least important kingdom. It will never again lift itself above the other nations. I will make them so small that they won’t rule over the nations.

Matthew 13:26

Later, the wheat grew and heads of grain grew on the wheat plants. But at the same time the weeds also grew.