Ezekiel 17:14

That the kingdom should be debased, so as not to lift itself up; that it should keep his covenant that it might continue to exist.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

In Context

13And he took one of the royal seed, and made a covenant with him, and bound him with an oath; but the mighty of the land did he take away;

15But he rebelled against him by sending his messengers into Egypt, that they might give him horses and numerous people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doth such things? yea, he hath broken the covenant, and shall he escape?

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:7The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich: he bringeth low and also lifteth up.

Nehemiah 9:36Behold, we are this day servants: and as regardeth the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat its fruit and its good things, behold, we are servants in it;

Jeremiah 38:17Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus hath said the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, If thou wilt indeed go forth unto the princes of the king of Babylon, then shall thy soul live, and this city shall not be burnt with fire; and thou shalt live, thou with thy household;

Ezekiel 17:6And it grew, and became a trailing vine of low stature, the tendrils of which should turn toward him, and the roots of which should be under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and sent out shoots.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 17:2-22

The Parable of the Eagles; The Parable Explained; Ruin of Zedekiah Predicted. ( b. c. 593.) 1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God ; A great eagle with great wings, long-winged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: 4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of… Read the whole commentary →

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