Kniha proroka Ezechiela

Biblia - Sväté písmo

(CPDV - Anglický - Catholic PD)

Ez 17, 1-24

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 2 “Son of man, propose an enigma and describe a parable to the house of Israel, 3 and you shall say: Thus says the Lord God: A large eagle, with great wings and elongated pinions, full of feathers with many colors, came to Lebanon. And he took the kernel of the cedar. 4 He tore off the summit of its branches, and he transported it to the land of Canaan; he placed it in a city of merchants. 5 And he took from the seed of the land and placed it in the ground for seed, so that it might take firm root above many waters; he placed it at the surface. 6 And when it had germinated, it increased into a more extensive vine, low in height, with its branches facing toward itself. And its roots were underneath it. And so, it became a vine, and sprouted branches, and produced shoots. 7 And there was another large eagle, with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine seemed to bend its roots towards him, extending its branches toward him, so that he might irrigate it from the garden of its germination. 8 It had been planted in a good land, above many waters, so that it would produce branches and bear fruit, so that it would become a large vine. 9 Speak: Thus says the Lord God: What if it does not prosper? Should he not pull up its roots, and strip off its fruit, and dry up all the branches that it has produced, and let it wither, though he is without a strong arm and without many people to pull it up by the root? 10 Behold, it has been planted. What if it does not prosper? Should it not be dried up when the burning wind touches it, and should it not wither in the garden of its germination?” 11 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 12 “Say to the provoking house: Do you not know what these things signify? Say: Behold, the king of Babylon arrives in Jerusalem. And he will take away its king and princes, and he will lead them away to himself in Babylon. 13 And he will take one from the offspring of the king, and he will strike a pact with him and receive an oath from him. Moreover, he will take away the strong ones of the land, 14 so that it may be a lowly kingdom, and may not lift itself up, and may instead keep his pact and serve it. 15 But, withdrawing from him, he sent messengers to Egypt, so that it would give him horses and many people. Should he who has done these things prosper and obtain safety? And should he who has broken the pact go free? 16 As I live, says the Lord God, in the place of the king, who appointed him as king, whose oath he has made void, and whose pact he has broken, under which he was living with him, in the midst of Babylon, he shall die. 17 And not with a great army, nor with many people will Pharaoh undertake a battle against him, when he will cast up ramparts and build defenses, in order to put to death many souls. 18 For he has despised an oath, in that he broke the pact. And behold, he had given his hand. And so, since he has done all these things, he shall not escape. 19 Because of this, thus says the Lord God: As I live, I will place upon his head the oath that he has spurned and the pact that he has betrayed. 20 And I will spread my net over him, and he will be captured in my dragnet. And I will lead him into Babylon, and I will judge him there for the transgression by which he has despised me. 21 And all his fugitives, with all his procession, will fall by the sword. Then the remainder will be scattered into every wind. And you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken.” 22 Thus says the Lord God: “I myself will take from the kernel of the exalted cedar, and I will establish it. I will tear off a tender twig from the top of its branches, and I will plant it on a mountain, lofty and exalted. 23 On the sublime mountains of Israel, I will plant it. And it shall spring forth in buds and bear fruit, and it shall be a great cedar. And all the birds will live under it, and every bird will make its nest under the shadow of its branches. 24 And all the trees of the regions will know that I, the Lord, have brought low the sublime tree, and have exalted the lowly tree, and have dried up the green tree, and have caused the dry tree to flourish. I, the Lord, have spoken and acted.”

Verš 17

And not with a great army, nor with many people will Pharaoh undertake a battle against him, when he will cast up ramparts and build defenses, in order to put to death many souls.

Jer 37:7 - And the Chaldeans will return and will make war against this city. And they will seize it and burn it with fire.

Ez 4:2 - And you shall set up a blockade against it, and you shall build fortifications, and you shall put together a rampart, and you shall encamp opposite it, and you shall place battering rams around it.

2Kr 25:1 - Then it happened that, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, he and his entire army, arrived against Jerusalem. And they encircled it, and they constructed fortifications all around it.

Iz 29:3 - And I will surround you like a sphere all around you, and I will raise up a rampart against you, and I will set up fortifications to blockade you.

Verš 21

And all his fugitives, with all his procession, will fall by the sword. Then the remainder will be scattered into every wind. And you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Ez 16:40 - And they will lead over you a multitude. And they will stone you with stones, and massacre you with their swords.

Ez 5:10 - Therefore, the fathers shall consume the sons in your midst, and the sons shall consume their fathers. And I will execute judgments in you, and I will winnow your entire remnant in every wind.

Ez 5:12 - One third part of you will die by pestilence or be consumed by famine in your midst. And one third part of you will fall by the sword all around you. Yet truly, one third part of you I will scatter to every wind, and I will unsheathe the sword after them.

Ez 12:14 - And all who are around him, his guards and his companies, I will scatter into every wind. And I will unsheathe the sword after them.

Verš 20

And I will spread my net over him, and he will be captured in my dragnet. And I will lead him into Babylon, and I will judge him there for the transgression by which he has despised me.

Ez 12:13 - And I will extend my net over him, and he will be captured in my dragnet. And I will lead him to Babylon, into the land of the Chaldeans, but he himself will not see it. And there he shall die.

Ez 32:3 - Because of this, thus says the Lord God: I will spread my net over you, with the multitude of many peoples, and I will draw you into my dragnet.

Jer 4:12 - A full spirit from these places will come to me. And now I will speak my judgments over them.

Jer 25:31 - The sound of it will penetrate even to the ends of the earth. For the Lord is entering into judgment with the nations. He himself is entering into judgment with all flesh. I have delivered the impious to the sword, says the Lord.”

Verš 13

And he will take one from the offspring of the king, and he will strike a pact with him and receive an oath from him. Moreover, he will take away the strong ones of the land,

Jer 34:18 - And I will give over the men who have betrayed my covenant, and who have not observed the words of the covenant, to which they assented in my sight when they cut the calf into two parts and passed between its parts:

Verš 15

But, withdrawing from him, he sent messengers to Egypt, so that it would give him horses and many people. Should he who has done these things prosper and obtain safety? And should he who has broken the pact go free?

Jer 37:5 - And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying:

Ez 17,2 - Výklad podobenstva nasleduje od verša 11.

Ez 17,4 - Kupecká krajina je Chaldejsko.

Ez 17,5 - Výrazy "uložil ho" a "dal ho na povrch" sú neisté.

Ez 17,11 - Výklad podobenstva je jasný. Orol je Nabuchodonozor. Semä, ktoré Nabuchodonozor zasadil, je júdsky kráľ Sedekiáš, ktorého Nabuchodonozor urobil kráľom. Sedekiáš zrušil slovo, ktoré dal babylonskému kráľovi, a spojil sa s Egyptom. Prorok predpovedá, že toto egyptské spojenectvo, zakladajúce sa na vierolomnosti, nemôže sa vydariť.

Ez 17,22-24 - Ako predošlá prorocká reč (16,59–63) i táto sa končí predpovedaním mesiášskeho kráľovstva. Z cédru, z Jechoniášovho potomstva, zasadí sám Boh vetvu, o ktorej hovorí už prorok Izaiáš (11,1). Z Ježišovho rodokmeňa (Mt 1,11) vidno, že pochádzal od Jechoniáša. Tento bol vtedy, keď Ezechiel vyriekol toto proroctvo, veľmi nízkym stromom; bol totiž vo väzení v Babylone. Boh však povýšil tento nízky strom a ponížil vysoký, Sedekiáša.