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Ezekiel 17:14

so the kingdom might become lowly and not lift itself up. By keeping his covenant the land will survive.

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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

13Then he took a royal descendant, made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath. He took away the powerful people of the land,

15But the king of Jerusalem rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt to acquire horses and an army. Will he succeed? Will the one doing these things escape? If he breaks the covenant, will he escape?

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:7Yahweh makes some people poor and some rich. 1 He humbles, but he also lifts up. 1

Nehemiah 9:36Now we are slaves in the land you gave our ancestors to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts, and behold, we are slaves in it!

Jeremiah 38:17So Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Yahweh, God of hosts, God of Israel, says this: If you indeed go out to the officials of the king of Babylon then you will live, and this city will not be burned. You and your family will live.

Ezekiel 17:6Then it sprouted and became a spreading vine low to the ground. 1 Its branches turned toward him, and its roots grew under it. 1 So it became a vine and produced branches and sent out shoots. 1

Matthew 22:17So tell us, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

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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