Ezekiel 17:8

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

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

Cross References

Ezekiel 17:7

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

Ezekiel 17:9

Say: Thus says the Lord God: Will it prosper? Will he not pull up its roots, cause its fruit to rot and wither, its fresh sprouting leaves to fade? No strong arm or mighty army will be needed to pull it from its roots.

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.