Ezekiel 17:11
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.
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:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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- Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
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- Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
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- And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
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- And the word of YHWH came to me, saying:
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- Og Herrens ord kom til meg, og det lød så:
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- Senere kom et budskap fra Herren til meg:
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- Og Herrens ord kom til mig, og det lød så: