Ezekiel 17:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He had it planted in a good field by great waters so that it might put out branches and have fruit and be a strong vine.

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  • Ezek 17:5-6 : 5 And he took some of the seed of the land, planting it in fertile earth, placing it by great waters; he put it in like a willow-tree. 6 And its growth went on and it became a vine, low and widely stretching, whose branches were turned to him and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, putting out branches and young leaves.

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  • Ezek 17:3-7
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    90%

    3And say, This is what the Lord has said: A great eagle with great wings, full of long feathers of different colours, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

    4Biting off the highest of its young branches, he took it to the land of Canaan, and put it in a town of traders.

    5And he took some of the seed of the land, planting it in fertile earth, placing it by great waters; he put it in like a willow-tree.

    6And its growth went on and it became a vine, low and widely stretching, whose branches were turned to him and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, putting out branches and young leaves.

    7And there was another eagle with great wings and thick feathers: and now this vine, pushing out its roots to him, sent out its branches in his direction from the bed where it was planted, so that he might give it water.

  • Ezek 17:9-11
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    84%

    9Say, This is what the Lord has said: Will it do well? will he not have its roots pulled up and its branches cut off, so that all its young leaves may become dry and it may be pulled up by its roots?

    10And if it is planted will it do well? will it not become quite dry at the touch of the east wind, drying up in the bed where it was planted?

    11Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Ezek 17:22-24
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    22This is what the Lord has said: Further, I will take the highest top of the cedar and put it in the earth; cutting off from the highest of his young branches a soft one, I will have it planted on a high and great mountain;

    23It will be planted on the high mountain of Israel: it will put out branches and have fruit and be a fair cedar: under it all birds of every sort will make their living-place, resting in the shade of its branches.

    24And it will be clear to all the trees of the field that I the Lord have made low the high tree and made high the low tree, drying up the green tree and making the dry tree full of growth; I the Lord have said it and have done it.

  • Jer 17:8
    80%

    8For he will be like a tree planted by the waters, pushing out its roots by the stream; he will have no fear when the heat comes, but his leaf will be green; in a dry year he will have no care, and will go on giving fruit.

  • Jer 2:21
    79%

    21But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine?

  • Isa 5:1-2
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    1Let me make a song about my loved one, a song of love for his vine-garden. My loved one had a vine-garden on a fertile hill:

    2And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.

  • Ps 80:15
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    15Even to the tree which was planted by your right hand, and to the branch which you made strong for yourself.

  • Ps 80:8-11
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    8You took a vine out of Egypt: driving out the nations, and planting it in their land.

    9You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land.

    10The mountains were covered with its shade, and the great trees with its branches.

    11It sent out its arms to the Sea, and its branches to the River.

  • Ezek 31:7
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    7So it was beautiful, being so tall and its branches so long, for its root was by great waters.

  • Ezek 15:1-2
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    1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

    2Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any branching tree which is among the trees of the woods?

  • Ezek 19:10-12
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    77%

    10Your mother was in comparison like a vine, planted by the waters: she was fertile and full of branches because of the great waters.

    11And she had a strong rod for a rod of authority for the rulers, and it became tall among the clouds and it was seen lifted up among the number of its branches.

    12But she was uprooted in burning wrath, and made low on the earth; the east wind came, drying her up, and her branches were broken off; her strong rod became dry, the fire made a meal of it.

  • Gen 40:10
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    10And on the vine were three branches; and it seemed as if it put out buds and flowers, and from them came grapes ready for cutting.

  • Job 14:8-9
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    8Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust;

    9Still, at the smell of water, it will make buds, and put out branches like a young plant.

  • Hos 14:7
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    7His branches will be stretched out, he will be beautiful as the olive-tree and sweet-smelling as Lebanon.

  • Isa 18:5
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    5For before the time of getting in the grapes, after the opening of the bud, when the flower has become a grape ready for crushing, he will take away the small branches with knives, cutting down and taking away the wide-stretching branches.

  • Ezek 31:4-5
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    4It got strength from the waters and the deep made it tall: its streams went round about its planted land and it sent out its waterways to all the trees of the field.

    5In this way it became taller than all the trees of the field; and its branches were increased and its arms became long because of the great waters.

  • Isa 5:4
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    4Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes?

  • Dan 4:21
    75%

    21Which had fair leaves and much fruit, and had in it food for all; under which the beasts of the field were living, and in the branches of which the birds of heaven had their resting-places:

  • Isa 5:7
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    7For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

  • Jer 31:5
    75%

    5Again will your vine-gardens be planted on the hill of Samaria: the planters will be planting and using the fruit.

  • Ezek 36:8
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    8But you, O mountains of Israel, will put out your branches and give your fruit to my people Israel; for they are ready to come.

  • Num 24:6
    74%

    6They are stretched out like valleys, like gardens by the riverside, like flowering trees planted by the Lord, like cedar-trees by the waters.

  • Jer 11:16
    74%

    16You had been named by the Lord, A branching olive-tree, fair with beautiful fruit: with the noise of a great rushing he has put it on fire and its branches are broken.

  • Ps 107:37
    74%

    37And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.

  • Dan 4:12
    74%

    12Its leaves were fair and it had much fruit, and in it was food enough for all: the beasts of the field had shade under it, and the birds of heaven were resting in its branches, and it gave food to all living things.

  • Judg 9:13
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    13But the vine said to them, Am I to give up my wine, which makes glad God and men, to go waving over the trees?

  • Joel 1:7
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    7By him my vine is made waste and my fig-tree broken: he has taken all its fruit and sent it down to the earth; its branches are made white.

  • Isa 37:31
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    31And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth, and give fruit.

  • Isa 27:6
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    6In days to come Jacob will take root: Israel will put out buds and flowers; and the face of the world will be full of fruit.

  • Isa 17:11
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    11In the day of your planting you were watching its growth, and in the morning your seed was flowering: but its fruit is wasted away in the day of grief and bitter sorrow.

  • Ezek 31:9
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    9I made it beautiful with its mass of branches: so that all the trees in the garden of God were full of envy of it.

  • Job 8:16
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    16He is full of strength before the sun, and his branches go out over his garden.

  • Amos 9:15
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    15And I will have them planted in their land, and never again will they be uprooted from their land which I have given them, says the Lord your God.