Yǐsījiēshū 17:13

13 Cóng Yǐsèliè de zōng shì zhōng qǔ yī rén yǔ tā lì yuē , shǐ tā fā shì , bìng jiāng guó zhōng yǒu shìlì de rén lǔ qù ,

Yǐsījiēshū 17:13 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 17:13

And hath taken of the king's seed
One of the royal family, signified by the seed of the land, ( Ezekiel 17:5 ) . Mattaniah, son of King Josiah, and uncle to King Jeconiah; whom Nebuchadnezzar took and made king of Judea, and called him Zedekiah, which signifies the "justice of the Lord": to put him in mind of doing justly, by observing the covenant and oath after mentioned, or that he must expect vengeance: and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him;
he gave him the throne and kingdom upon certain conditions to be performed, and for the perform once of which he made him swear by the God of Israel; see ( 2 Chronicles 36:13 ) ; he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
or, "the rams of the land" {x}; the principal men of it for wisdom, riches, and valour, the princes and nobles of it; which he did, as to weaken the nation, that it might not be so capable of rebelling against him, so to be hostages for the performance of the covenant entered into; and this is meant by planting the seed with circumspection, ( Ezekiel 17:5 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (Urah ylya) "arietes terrae", Montanus.

Yǐsījiēshū 17:13 In-Context

11 Yēhéhuá de huà líndào wǒ shuō ,

12 Nǐ duì nà beìnì zhī jiā shuō , nǐmen bù zhīdào zhèxie shì shì shénme yìsi ma . nǐ yào gàosu tāmen shuō , Bābǐlún wáng céng dào Yēlùsǎlĕng , jiāng qízhōng de jūnwáng hé shǒulǐng daì dào Bābǐlún zìjǐ nàli qù .

13 Cóng Yǐsèliè de zōng shì zhōng qǔ yī rén yǔ tā lì yuē , shǐ tā fā shì , bìng jiāng guó zhōng yǒu shìlì de rén lǔ qù ,

14 Shǐ guó dī wēi bùnéng zì jiàng , wéi yīn shǒu míng yuē déyǐ cún lì .

15 Tā què beìpàn Bābǐlún wáng , dǎfa shǐzhĕ wǎng Āijí qù , yào tāmen gĕi tā mǎ pǐ hé duō mín . tā qǐnéng hēng tōng ne . xíng zhèyàng shì de rén qǐnéng taótuō ne . tā bēi yuē qǐnéng taótuō ne .