Ezekiel 17:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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 from the bed where it was planted so that he might water it.

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, 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 had been 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, flowing with its rivers around the place it was planted, sending forth its streams to all the trees of the field.