Ezekiel 17:14

that it may become a weak kingdom, so as never to lift itself up, that he may keep his covenant, and establish it.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 shall take of the seed royal, and shall make a covenant with him, and shall bind him with an oath: and he shall take the princes of the land:

15And if he shall revolt from him, to send his messengers into Egypt, that they may give him horses and much people; shall he prosper? shall he that acts as an adversary be preserved? and shall he that transgresses the covenant be preserved?

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes poor, and makes rich; 1 He brings low, and lifts up. 1

Jeremiah 38:17There shall be an abiding home for thy children.

Ezekiel 17:6And it sprang up, and became a weak and little vine, so that the branches thereof appeared upon it, and its roots were under it: and it became a vine, and put forth shoots, and sent forth its tendrils.

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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