Ezekiel 17:10-20

10 "Behold, though it is planted, will it thrive? Will it not ¹completely wither as soon as the east wind strikes it-wither on the beds where it grew?""'

Zedekiah's Rebellion

11 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

12 "Say now to the ²rebellious house, 'Do you not ³know what these things mean?' Say, 'Behold, the ⁴king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and princes and brought them to him in Babylon.

13 'He took one of the royal ⁵family and made a covenant with him, putting him under ⁶oath. He also took away the ⁷mighty of the land,

14 that the kingdom might ⁸be in subjection, not exalting itself, but keeping his covenant that it might continue.

15 'But he ⁹rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt that they might give him horses and many troops. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things ¹⁰escape? Can he indeed break the covenant and escape?

16 'As I live,' declares the Lord GOD, 'Surely * in the country of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he ¹¹despised and whose covenant he broke, ¹²in Babylon he shall die.

17 '¹³Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in the war, when they cast up ramps and build siege walls to cut off many lives.

18 'Now he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and behold, he ¹⁴pledged his allegiance, yet did all these things; he shall not escape.' "

19 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "As I live, surely * My oath which he despised and My covenant which he broke, I will inflict on his head.

20 "I will spread My ¹⁵net over him, and he will be ¹⁶caught in My snare. Then I will bring him to Babylon and ¹⁷enter into judgment with him there regarding the unfaithful act which he has committed against Me.

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Ezekiel 17:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 17

Under the simile of two eagles and a vine are represented the kings of Babylon and Egypt, and the condition of the Jews, who are threatened with ruin for their perfidy; and yet a promise is made of the raising up of the house of Judah, and family of David, in the Messiah. The prophet is bid to deliver a riddle or parable to the house of Israel, Eze 17:1,2. The riddle or parable is concerning two eagles and a vine, which is delivered, Eze 17:3-10; and the explanation of it is in Eze 17:11-15; and then the destruction of the Jews is threatened for their treachery to the king of Babylon, Eze 17:16-21; and the chapter is closed with a promise of the Messiah, and the prosperity of his kingdom, Eze 17:22-24.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 17

1. Ezekiel 19:14; Hosea 13:15
2. Ezekiel 2:3-5
3. Ezekiel 12:9-11; Ezekiel 24:19
4. 2 Kin 24:11, 12, 15; Ezekiel 1:2; Ezekiel 17:3
5. 2 Kings 24:17; Ezekiel 17:5
6. 2 Chronicles 36:13
7. 2 Kings 24:15, 16
8. Ezekiel 29:14
9. 2 Kings 24:20; 2 Chronicles 36:13; Jeremiah 52:3; Ezekiel 17:7
10. Jeremiah 34:3; Jeremiah 38:18, 23; Ezekiel 17:18
11. 2 Kings 24:17, 20; Ezekiel 16:59; Ezekiel 17:13, 18, 19
12. Jeremiah 52:11; Ezekiel 12:13
13. Isaiah 36:6; Jeremiah 37:5, 7; Ezekiel 29:6, 7
14. 1 Chronicles 29:24
15. Ezekiel 12:13; Ezekiel 32:3
16. Jeremiah 39:5-7
17. Jeremiah 2:35; Ezekiel 20:35, 36

Footnotes 10

[a]. Lit "seed"
[b]. Lit "and caused him to enter into an oath"
[c]. Lit "low"
[d]. Lit "people"
[e]. Lit "place"
[f]. Lit "made him king"
[g]. Lit "with him in Babylon"
[h]. Lit "act with"
[i]. Lit "gave his hand"
[j]. Lit "give it"