Under the parable of two eagles and a vine,

1 ¶ And the wordº of the LORDº came² unto² me, saying,ºª 2 Sonº of man,º put forthºª a riddle,º and speakºª a parableº unto² the houseº of Israel;º 3 And say,ºª Thus² saithºª the Lordº GOD;º A greatº eagleº with greatº wings,º longwinged,ºº fullº of feathers,º which² had divers colours,º cameºª unto² Lebanon,º and tookºª² the highest branchº of the cedar:º 4 He cropped offºª² the topº of his young twigs,º and carriedºª it into² a landº of traffick;º he setºª it in a cityº of merchants.ºª 5 He tookºª also of the seedº² of the land,º and plantedºª it in a fruitfulº field;º he placedºª [it] by² greatº waters,º [and] setºª it [as] a willow tree.º 6 And it grew,ºª and became² a spreadingºª vineº of lowº stature,º whose branchesº turnedºª toward² him, and the rootsº thereof were² under² him: so it became² a vine,º and brought forthºª branches,º and shot¹ª forth² sprigs.º 7 There was² also anotherº greatº eagleº with greatº wingsº and manyº feathers:º and, behold,² this² vineº did bendºª her rootsº toward him, and shot forthºª her branchesº toward² him, that he might waterºª it by the furrowsº² of her plantation.º 8 It² was plantedºª in² a goodº soilº by² greatº waters,º that it might bring forthºª branches,º and that it might bearºª fruit,º that it might be² a goodlyº vine.º 9 Sayºª thou, Thus² saithºª the Lordº GOD;º Shall it prosper?ºª shall he not² pull upºª² the rootsº thereof, and cut offºª the fruitº thereof, that it wither?ºª it shall witherºª in all² the leaves¹² of her spring,º even without² greatº powerº or manyº peopleº to pluck it upºª² by the rootsº² thereof. 10 Yea, behold,² [being] planted,ºª shall it prosper?ºª shall it not² utterly¹ª wither,ºª when the eastº windº touchethºª it? it shall witherºª in² the furrowsº where it grew.º

is shewed God's judgment upon Jerusalem for revolting from Babylon to Egypt.

11 ¶ Moreover the wordº of the LORDº came² unto² me, saying,ºª 12 Sayºª now² to the rebelliousº house,º Knowºª ye not² what² these² [things mean]? tellºª [them], Behold,² the kingº of Babylonº is comeºª to Jerusalem,º and hath takenºª² the kingº thereof, and the princesº thereof, and ledºª them with² him to Babylon;º 13 And hath takenºª of the king'sº seed,º² and madeºª a covenantº with² him, and hath takenºª an oathº of him: he hath also takenºª the mightyº of the land:º 14 That the kingdomº might be² base,º that it might not² lift itself up,ºª [but] that by keepingºª² of his covenantº it might stand.ºª 15 But he rebelledºª against him in sendingºª his ambassadorsº into Egypt,º that they might giveºª him horsesº and muchº people.º Shall he prosper?ºª shall he escapeºª that doethºª such² [things]? or shall he breakºª the covenant,º and be delivered?ºª 16 [As] I² live,º saithºª the Lordº GOD,º surely²² in the placeº [where] the kingº [dwelleth] that made him king,ºª² whose²² oathº he despised,ºª and whose²² covenantº he brake,ºª [even] with² him in the midstº of Babylonº he shall die.ºª 17 Neither² shall Pharaohº with [his] mightyº armyº and greatº companyº makeºª for him in the war,º by casting upºª mounts,º and buildingºª forts,º to cut offºª manyº persons:º 18 Seeing he despisedºª the oathº by breakingºª the covenant,º when, lo,² he had givenºª his hand,º and hath doneºª all² these² [things], he shall not² escape.ºª 19 Therefore² thus² saithºª the Lordº GOD;º [As] I² live,º surely²² mine oathº that² he hath despised,ºª and my covenantº that² he hath broken,¹ª² even it will I recompenseºª upon his own head.º 20 And I will spreadºª my netº upon² him, and he shall be takenºª in my snare,º and I will bringºª him to Babylon,º and will pleadºª with² him there² for his trespassºª that² he hath trespassed¹² against me. 21 And all² his fugitivesº with all² his bandsº shall fallºª by the sword,º and they that remainºª shall be scatteredºª toward all² winds:º and ye shall knowºª that² I² the LORDº have spokenºª [it].

God promiseth to plant the cedar of the Gospel.

22 ¶ Thus² saithºª the Lordº GOD;º I² will also takeºª of the highest branchº² of the highºª cedar,º and will setºª [it]; I will crop offºª from the topº² of his young twigsº a tender one,º and will plantºª [it] upon² an highº mountainº and eminent:ºª 23 In the mountainº of the heightº of Israelº will I plantºª it: and it shall bring forthºª boughs,º and bearºª fruit,º and be² a goodlyº cedar:º and under² it shall dwellºª all² fowlº of every² wing;º in the shadowº of the branchesº thereof shall they dwell.ºª 24 And all² the treesº of the fieldº shall knowºª that² I² the LORDº have brought downºª the highº tree,º have exaltedºª the lowº tree,º have dried¹ª up² the greenº tree,º and have made the dryº treeº to flourish:ºª I² the LORDº have spokenºª and have doneºª [it].