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Ezekiel 17:12
“Say now to the rebellious house, Don't you know what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon:”
Verse in context — Ezekiel 17
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Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touches it? it shall wither in the beds where it grew.
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Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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Say now to the rebellious house, Don't you know what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon:
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and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;
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that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
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