Ezekiel 17:6

17:6 It sprouted and became a vine,

spreading low to the ground; ¹ 

its branches turning toward him, ²  its roots were under itself. ³ 

So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.

Ezekiel 19:11

19:11 Its boughs were strong, fit ⁴  for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds.

It stood out because of its height and its many branches. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 17:7

17:7 “‘There was another great eagle ⁶ 

with broad wings and thick plumage.

Now this vine twisted its roots toward him

and sent its branches toward him

to be watered from the soil where it was planted.

Ezekiel 17:23

17:23 I will plant it on a high mountain of Israel,

and it will raise branches and produce fruit and become a beautiful cedar.

Every bird will live under it;

Every winged creature will live in the shade of its branches.

Ezekiel 31:12

31:12 Foreigners from the most terrifying nations have cut it down and left it to lie there on the mountains. In all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs lie broken in the ravines of the land. All the peoples of the land ⁷  have departed ⁸  from its shade and left it.

[17:6]  ¹ tn Heb “short of stature.”

[17:6]  ² tn That is, the eagle.

[17:6]  ³ tn Or “him,” i.e., the eagle.

[19:11]  ⁴ tn The word “fit” does not occur in the Hebrew text.

[19:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “and it was seen by its height and by the abundance of its branches.”

[17:7]  ⁷ sn The phrase another great eagle refers to Pharaoh Hophra.

[31:12]  ¹⁰ tn Or “earth” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[31:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “gone down.”