Ezekiel 17:7

For before the harvest, as soon as the bud blossoms And the flower becomes a ripening grape, Then He will cut off the sprigs with pruning knives And remove and cut away the spreading branches.

You have planted them; they have also taken root; They grow; they have even produced fruit. You are near to their lips But far from their inmost being.

‘But he rebelled against him by sending his messengers to Egypt that they might give him horses and many troops. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Can he indeed break the covenant and escape?