20 I will (A)spread My net over him, and he shall be taken in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and (B)try him there for the [a]treason which he committed against Me. 21 (C)All his [b]fugitives with all his troops shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be (D)scattered to every wind; and you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Israel Exalted at Last(E)

22 Thus says the Lord God: “I will take also one of the highest (F)branches of the high cedar and set it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs (G)a tender one, and will (H)plant it on a high and prominent mountain.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 17:20 Lit. unfaithful act
  2. Ezekiel 17:21 So with MT, Vg.; many Heb. mss., Syr. choice men; Tg. mighty men; LXX omits All his fugitives

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