Ezequiel 17:16

16 “Juro pela minha vida, palavra do Soberano, o SENHOR, que ele morrerá na Babilônia, na terra do rei que o pôs no trono, cujo juramento ele desprezou e cujo tratado rompeu.

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 humilhar o reino e torná-lo incapaz de reerguer-se, garantindo apenas a sua sobrevivência pelo cumprimento do seu tratado.

15 Mas o rei se revoltou contra ele e enviou mensagem ao Egito pedindo cavalos e um grande exército. Será que ele se sairá bem? Escapará aquele que age dessa maneira? Romperá ele o tratado e ainda assim escapará?

16 “Juro pela minha vida, palavra do Soberano, o SENHOR, que ele morrerá na Babilônia, na terra do rei que o pôs no trono, cujo juramento ele desprezou e cujo tratado rompeu.

17 O faraó, com seu poderoso exército e seus batalhões, não será de nenhuma ajuda para ele na guerra, quando rampas forem construídas e obras de cerco forem erguidas para destruir muitas vidas.

18 Como ele desprezou o juramento quando rompeu o tratado feito com aperto de mão e fez todas essas coisas, de modo algum escapará.