Ezekiel 17:14

Overview - Ezekiel 17
Under the parable of two eagles and a vine,
11 is shewn God's judgment upon Jerusalem for revolting from Babylon to Egypt.
22 God promises to plant the cedar of the Gospel.
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Ezekiel 17:14  (King James Version)
That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
 


the kingdom
6 ; 29:14 Deuteronomy 28:43 ; 1 Samuel 2:7 1 Samuel 2:30 ; Nehemiah 9:36 Nehemiah 9:37 ; Lamentations 5:10 ; Matthew 22:17-21

base
Or, low; a tributary kingdom, dependent on the king of Babylon.

but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand
Hebrew to
keep his covenant, to stand to it.
Jeremiah 27:12-17 ; 38:17