Ezekiel 17:7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

There was another great eagle, with great wings and much plumage. And see! This vine stretched out its roots toward him; It shot out its branches toward him, so that he might water it. From the bed where it was planted

Cross References

2 Kings 24:20

Indeed, Jerusalem and Judah so angered the Lord that he expelled them from his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

2 Chronicles 26:13

Under their command was an army of three hundred seven thousand five hundred, who could make war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

Ezekiel 17:15

But he rebelled against him by sending ambassadors to Egypt, in order that they might give him horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Can one escape who does such things? Can he break the covenant and yet escape?

Ezekiel 17:6

It sprouted and became a vine spreading out, but low; Its branches turned toward him, its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine; it brought forth branches, put forth foliage.

Ezekiel 17:8

it was transplanted to good soil by abundant waters, so that it might produce branches and bear fruit and become a noble vine.

Ezekiel 31:4

The waters nourished it, the deep made it grow tall, making its rivers flow around the place it was planted, sending forth its streams to all the trees of the field.