Ezekiel 17:18

Seeing he hath despised an oath. by breaking a covenant—yea lo! hath given his hand and all these things hath done he shall not escape.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

In Context

17Neither shall Pharaoh with a great force. or with a large gathered host, work with him in the war, by casting up an earthwork and by building a siege-wall, —to the cuting off of many lives.

19Therefore, Thus saith My Lord Yahweh As I live, Surely it is mine oath which he hath despised, and my covenant which he hath broken, Therefore will I bring it upon his own head:

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:24And, all the rulers, and the heroes, yea moreover all the sons of King David, gave a hand, under Solomon the king.

Lamentations 5:6To Egypt, have we stretched out our hand, to Assyria, to be satisfied with bread.

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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