Ezekiel 17:6

Then it sprouted and grew and became a low, spreading vine whose branches turned [in submission] toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and yielded shoots and sent out branches.

Ezekiel 17:14

so that the kingdom would be in subjection, unable to restore itself and rise again, but that by keeping his covenant it might continue.

Proverbs 16:18-19


Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before a fall.

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Summary

And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

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It grew

Ezekiel 17:14
so that the kingdom would be in subjection, unable to restore itself and rise again, but that by keeping his covenant it might continue.
Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before a fall.

General references

Isaiah 18:5

For before the harvest, when the blossom is over
And the flower becomes a ripening grape,
He will cut off the sprigs [without buds] with pruning knives,
And [He will] remove and cut away the spreading branches.