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Ezekiel 17:12-21

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12 "Say now to the 1rebellious house, 'Do you not 2know what these things mean?' Say, 'Behold, the 3king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and princes and brought them to him in Babylon.
13 'He took one of the royal 4family and made a covenant with him, putting him under 5oath. He also took away the 6mighty of the land,
14 that the kingdom might 7be in subjection, not exalting itself, but keeping his covenant that it might continue.
15 'But he 8rebelled 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 9escape? 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 10despised and whose covenant he broke, 11in Babylon he shall die.
17 '12Pharaoh 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 13pledged 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 14net over him, and he will be 15caught in My snare. Then I will bring him to Babylon and 16enter into judgment with him there regarding the unfaithful act which he has committed against Me.
21 "All the 17choice men in all his troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to every wind; and you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken."
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Ezekiel 17:12-21 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 2:3-5
  • 2. Ezekiel 12:9-11; Ezekiel 24:19
  • 3. 2 Kin 24:11, 12, 15; Ezekiel 1:2; Ezekiel 17:3
  • 4. 2 Kings 24:17; Ezekiel 17:5
  • 5. 2 Chronicles 36:13
  • 6. 2 Kings 24:15, 16
  • 7. Ezekiel 29:14
  • 8. 2 Kings 24:20; 2 Chronicles 36:13; Jeremiah 52:3; Ezekiel 17:7
  • 9. Jeremiah 34:3; Jeremiah 38:18, 23; Ezekiel 17:18
  • 10. 2 Kings 24:17, 20; Ezekiel 16:59; Ezekiel 17:13, 18, 19
  • 11. Jeremiah 52:11; Ezekiel 12:13
  • 12. Isaiah 36:6; Jeremiah 37:5, 7; Ezekiel 29:6, 7
  • 13. 1 Chronicles 29:24
  • 14. Ezekiel 12:13; Ezekiel 32:3
  • 15. Jeremiah 39:5-7
  • 16. Jeremiah 2:35; Ezekiel 20:35, 36
  • 17. 2 Kings 25:5, 11; Ezek 5:2, 10, 12-14

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