Ezekiel 17:9

Easy To Read Version

The Lord my Master said these things.\par “Do you think that plant will succeed?\par No! The new eagle will pull the plant\par from the ground.\par And the bird will break the plant’s roots.\par It will eat up all the grapes.\par Then the new leaves will wilt.\par That plant will be very weak.\par It won’t take strong arms\par or a powerful nation\par to pull that plant up by the roots.\par

Cross References

2 Chronicles 13:12

God himself is with us. He is our ruler, and his priests are with us. God’s priests blow his trumpets to wake you up and make you excited about coming to him! Men of Israel, don’t fight against the Lord God of your ancestors! {\cf2\super [175]} You will not succeed!”

2 Chronicles 20:20

Jehoshaphat’s army went out into the Desert of Tekoa early in the morning. As they were starting out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me people of Judah and you people from Jerusalem. Have faith in the Lord your God, and then you will stand strong. Have faith in the Lord’s prophets. You will succeed!”

Jeremiah 32:5

The king of Babylon will take Zedekiah to Babylon. Zedekiah will stay there until I have punished him.’ This message is from the Lord. ‘If you fight against the army of the Babylonians, you will not succeed.’”)

Jeremiah 37:10

People of Jerusalem, even if you could defeat all of the Babylonian army that is attacking you, there would still be a few wounded men left in their tents. Even those few wounded men would come out of their tents and burn Jerusalem down.’”

Ezekiel 17:10

Will the plant grow where it is planted?\par No! The hot east wind will blow\par and the plant will become dry and die.\par It will die there where it was planted.”\par

Ezekiel 17:8

The grapevine was planted in a good field.\par It was planted near plenty of water.\par It could have grown branches and fruit.\par It could have become a very good grapevine.”\par

Amos 2:9

“But it was I who destroyed the Amorites {\cf2\super [40]} before them. The Amorites were tall like cedar trees. They were as strong as oak trees. But I destroyed their fruit above and their roots below. {\cf2\super [41]}

Numbers 14:41

But Moses said, “Why are you not obeying the Lord’s command? You will not be successful!