Jehoiachin king of Judah went out to meet the king of Babylon. Jehoiachin’s mother, his officers, leaders, and officials also went with him. Then the king of Babylon captured Jehoiachin. This was during the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s rule.
Ezekiel 17:4 - Easy To Read Version The eagle broke the top out of the big cedar tree (Lebanon) and brought it to Canaan.\par The eagle set down the branch in the town of businessmen.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 he cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He broke off the topmost of its young twigs [the youthful King Jehoiachin] and carried it into a land of trade [Babylon]; he set it in a city of merchants. American Standard Version (1901) he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants. Common English Bible He plucked a twig from the cedar’s crown, brought it to the land of traders, and set it down in a city of merchants. Catholic Public Domain Version He tore off the summit of its branches, and he transported it to the land of Canaan; he placed it in a city of merchants. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He cropped off the top of the twigs thereof and carried it away into the land of Chanaan: and he set it in a city of merchants. |
Jehoiachin king of Judah went out to meet the king of Babylon. Jehoiachin’s mother, his officers, leaders, and officials also went with him. Then the king of Babylon captured Jehoiachin. This was during the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s rule.
The Lord, the Holy One of Israel, saves you. And the Lord says, “I will send armies to Babylon for you. Many people will be captured. Those people, the Chaldeans, will be taken away in their own boats. (The Chaldeans are very proud of those boats.)
That will happen to everything\par that you worked so hard for.\par The people you did business with\par all your life will leave you.\par Every person will go his own way.\par And there will be no one left to save you.”\par
The Lord showed me these things: I saw two baskets of figs arranged in front of the temple {\cf2\super [196]} of the Lord. (I saw this vision after Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, took Jeconiah {\cf2\super [197]} as a prisoner. Jeconiah was the son of King Jehoiakim. Jeconiah and his important officials were taken away from Jerusalem. They were taken to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar also took away all the carpenters and metal-workers of Judah.)
Babylon, you live near much water.\par You are rich with treasures.\par But your end as a nation has come.\par It is time for you to be destroyed.\par
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
Assyria was a cedar tree in Lebanon\par With beautiful branches,\par With forest shade,\par And very tall.\par Its top was among the clouds!\par
All the peoples of the earth have drunk\par the wine of her sexual sin\par and of \{God’s\} anger.\par The rulers of the earth sinned sexually\par with her,\par and the merchants {\cf2\super [130]} of the world\par grew rich from the great wealth\par of her luxury.”\par