Say now: this is the order God gives to his prophet to explain the riddle. To the rebellious house; to the house of Judah, which have been, and still are, rebellious against me, and are now entering into rebellion against Nebuchadnezzar. Know ye not? are ye so blockish that you do not know what is meant? or are you so secure that you will not consider it, but run on your own ruin? The king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, is that first great eagle with part of his power. Jerusalem is the Lebanon which he is come to. The king thereof; the king of Israel, and his seed, and nobles are the branches and twigs cropped off, these are taken, conquered, made captives. Led them with him; judging them unfit to be trusted any more, he will, though in chains, carry them to Babylon.
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Ezekiel 17:12
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;