Ezekiel 17:9
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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.”
פְּרִי
Fruit. Periy. The natural result of being rooted in the right place. Fruit is not forced. It simply grows from the right connection to the right source.
גָּדוֹל
great
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גָּדוֹל
Great, large, elder. Gadol. God is gadol and greatly to be praised. His greatness is beyond all measure and beyond all comparison.
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שֶׁרֶשׁ
roots/ its
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שֶׁרֶשׁ
Root, bottom, foundation. Shoresh. He grew up like a root out of dry ground. God grows His greatest works in the hardest soil.
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כֹּה
thus
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כֹּה
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
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צָלַח
will it prosper?
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צָלַח
To prosper, to succeed. Tsalach. When you are rooted in God's word He causes you to prosper in whatever you do.
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יָבֵשׁ
it will wither
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יָבֵשׁ
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
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רַב
numerous
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רַב
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
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צֶמַח
growth/ its
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צֶמַח
a sprout (usually concrete), literal or figurative
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טָרָף
the fresh things of
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טָרָף
recently torn off, i.e. fresh
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נָתַק
will it pull up
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נָתַק
to tear off
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קָסַס
will it strip off?
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קָסַס
to lop off
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יְהֹוִה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוִה
{YHWH}
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