Ezequiel 17:16

16 Como eu vivo, diz o Senhor Deus, no lugar em que habita o rei que o fez reinar, cujo juramento desprezou, e cujo pacto quebrou, sim, com ele no meio de Babilônia certamente morrerá.

Ezequiel 17:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 17:16

[As] I live, saith the Lord God
This is the form of an oath, as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe; the Lord swears, in his wrath, by himself, by his life; this shows how much he resented, what Zedekiah had done, and how sure and certain his ruin was: surely in the place [where] the king [dwelleth] that made him king;
in Babylon, where Nebuchadnezzar dwelt, that made Zedekiah king of Judah; which is mentioned, to point out the ingratitude of that prince to the king of Babylon: whose oath he despised, whose covenant he broke;
the oath of fealty and, allegiance, which Zedekiah took to Nebuchadnezzar; and the covenant entered into between them, by which the former held the kingdom of Judea of the latter: the oath he made light of, though solemn, one made by the God of Israel; and the covenant he broke, though ratified by an oath; in which things were given to him he could not claim, at least possess, but by the courtesy of the conqueror; these sins were displeasing to God: oaths and covenants, though made with conquerors, and with Heathen princes, are to be kept: [even] with him;
that is, with Nebuchadnezzar: in the midst of Babylon he shall die;
when first taken he was had to Riblah, and there his eyes were put out; and after that he was carried to Babylon, and put in prison, and there died, ( Jeremiah 52:9-11 ) .

Ezequiel 17:16 In-Context

14 para que o reino ficasse humilhado, e não se levantasse, embora, guardando o seu pacto, pudesse subsistir.

15 Mas ele se rebelou contra o rei de Babilônia, enviando os seus embaixadores ao Egito, para que se lhe mandassem cavalos e muita gente. Prosperará ou escapará aquele que faz tais coisas? Quebrará o pacto e escapará?

16 Como eu vivo, diz o Senhor Deus, no lugar em que habita o rei que o fez reinar, cujo juramento desprezou, e cujo pacto quebrou, sim, com ele no meio de Babilônia certamente morrerá.

17 Não lhe prestará Faraó ajuda em guerra, nem com seu grande exército, nem com sua companhia numerosa, quando se levantarem tranqueiras e se edificarem baluartes, para destruir muitas vidas.

18 Porquanto desprezou o juramento e quebrou o pacto, porquanto deu a sua mão, e ainda fez todas estas coisas, ele não escapará.