1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: 4 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. 5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree. 6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. 7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation. 8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. 9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. 10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
11 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 12 Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean ? tell them , Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; 13 And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land: 14 That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. 15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things ? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered? 16 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. 17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons: 18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things , he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head. 20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me. 21 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it .
22 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent: 23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it .
1 et factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens
2 fili hominis propone enigma et narra parabolam ad domum Israhel
3 et dices haec dicit Dominus Deus
aquila grandis magnarum alarum longo membrorum ductu
plena plumis et varietate
venit ad Libanum et tulit medullam cedri
4 summitatem frondium eius avellit
et transportavit eam in terram Chanaan
in urbem negotiatorum posuit illam
5 et tulit de semente terrae
et posuit illud in terra pro semine
ut firmaret radicem super aquas multas
in superficie posuit illud
6 cumque germinasset crevit in vineam latiorem
humili statura respicientibus ramis eius ad eam
et radices eius sub illa erunt
facta est ergo vinea et fructificavit in palmites
et emisit propagines
7 et facta est aquila altera grandis magnis alis multisque plumis
et ecce vinea ista quasi mittens radices suas ad eam
palmites suos extendit ad illam
ut inrigaret eam de areolis germinis sui
8 in terra bona super aquas multas plantata est
ut faciat frondes et portet fructum
et sit in vineam grandem
9 dic haec dicit Dominus Deus ergone prosperabitur
nonne radices eius evellet et fructum eius distringet
et siccabit omnes palmites germinis eius et arescet
et non in brachio grandi neque in populo multo
ut evelleret eam radicitus
10 ecce plantata est ergone prosperabitur
nonne cum tetigerit eam ventus urens siccabitur
et in areis germinis sui arescet
11 et factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens
12 dic ad domum exasperantem
nescitis quid ista significent
dic ecce venit rex Babylonis Hierusalem
et adsumet regem et principes eius
et adducet eos ad semet ipsum in Babylonem
13 et tollet de semine regni
ferietque cum eo foedus et accipiet ab eo iusiurandum
sed et fortes terrae tollet
14 ut sit regnum humile et non elevetur
sed custodiat pactum eius et servet illud
15 qui recedens ab eo misit nuntios ad Aegyptum
ut daret sibi equos et populum multum
numquid prosperabitur vel consequetur salutem qui fecit haec
et qui dissolvit pactum numquid effugiet
16 vivo ego dicit Dominus Deus
quoniam in loco regis qui constituit eum regem
cuius fecit irritum iuramentum
et solvit pactum quod habebat cum eo
in medio Babylonis morietur
17 et non in exercitu grandi
neque in populo multo faciet contra eum Pharao proelium
in iactu aggeris et in extructione vallorum
ut interficiat animas multas
18 spreverat enim iuramentum ut solveret foedus
et ecce dedit manum suam
et cum omnia haec fecerit non effugiet
19 propterea haec dicit Dominus Deus
vivo ego quoniam iuramentum quod sprevit
et foedus quod praevaricatus est ponam in caput eius
20 et expandam super eum rete meum
et conprehendetur sagena mea
et adducam eum in Babylonem et iudicabo illum ibi
in praevaricatione qua despexit me
21 et omnes profugi eius cum universo agmine gladio cadent
residui autem in omnem ventum dispergentur
et scietis quia ego Dominus locutus sum
22 haec dicit Dominus Deus
et sumam ego de medulla cedri sublimis
et ponam de vertice ramorum eius
tenerum distringam et plantabo super montem excelsum et eminentem
23 in monte sublimi Israhel plantabo illud
et erumpet in germen et faciet fructum et erit in cedrum magnam
et habitabunt sub eo omnes volucres
universum volatile sub umbra frondium eius nidificabit
24 et scient omnia ligna regionis quia ego Dominus
humiliavi lignum sublime et exaltavi lignum humile
et siccavi lignum viride et frondere feci lignum aridum
ego Dominus locutus sum et feci