Ezekiel 17:4
He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
Context
This verse from Ezekiel Chapter 17 connects to 6 cross-references. The allegory of two eagles and a vine: Nebuchadnezzar the first eagle planted Israel as a vine; Zedekiah's appeal to Egypt (the second eagle) will be judged. But God himself will plant a tender twig on the high mountain — …
Other Translations
he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
The top of its tender twigs it hath cropped, And it bringeth it in to the land of Canaan. In a city of merchants it hath placed it.
Biting off the highest of its young branches, he took it to the land of Canaan, and put it in a town of traders.
Cross References
Thus saith the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and …
Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander …
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth …
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were …