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Ezekiel 17:11-13
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Ezekiel 17:11-13
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11 Then this message came to me from the Lord:
12-13 “Ask these rebels of Israel: Don’t you understand what this riddle of the eagles means? I will tell you. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (the first of the two eagles),[a] came to Jerusalem, took away her king and princes (her topmost buds and shoots), and brought them to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar made a covenant with a member of the royal family (Zedekiah), and made him take an oath of loyalty. He took a seedling and planted it in fertile ground beside a broad river. He also exiled the top men of Israel’s government,
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- Ezekiel 17:12 (the first of the two eagles) . . . (her topmost buds and shoots) . . . (Zedekiah), implied. So also in v. 16.
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