Then King Jehoiachin of Judah, his mother, his courtiers, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered to the king of Babylon. So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.
Ezekiel 17:4 - Tree of Life Version He plucked off its topmost twigs, carried them to the land of trade and set it in a city of merchants. 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. |
Then King Jehoiachin of Judah, his mother, his courtiers, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered to the king of Babylon. So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.
Thus says Adonai, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I will send to Babylon and bring down the fleeing Chaldeans, all of them, in the ships in which they exult.
So much have they become to you, with whom you have toiled, trafficking with you from your youth, each wandering about his own way. No one will save you!
Adonai showed me, all of a sudden, there were two baskets of figs set before the Temple of Adonai. It was after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had taken away into exile Jeconiah son of King Jehoiakim of Judah and the princes of Judah, along with the craftsmen and smiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
You dwelling by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.
Say, thus says Adonai Elohim: “A great eagle with large wings and broad wings, full of feathers which had varied colors, came to Lebanon and took hold of the top of the cedar.
Then he took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fruitful soil. He placed it beside abundant waters. He set it like a willow twig.
Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches shadowing the forest, of lofty height. Its top was in leafy branches.
For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the fury of her immorality. The kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich off the power of her self-indulgence.”