Yǐsījiēshū 17:14

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

Yǐsījiēshū 17:14 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 17:14

That the kingdom might be base
Low or humble; its king but a viceroy, a tributary to the king of Babylon; and the subjects obliged to a tax, payable to him; and this is intended by the vine being of "low stature", ( Ezekiel 17:6 ) ; that it might not lift up itself;
above other neighbouring kingdoms and states; and particularly that it might not rebel against Nebuchadnezzar, but be kept in a dependence on him, and subjection to him: [but] that by keeping of his covenant it might stand;
continue a kingdom, and Zedekiah king of it; so that it was for their good that such a covenant was made, and it was their interest to keep it; for, had it not been made, it would have ceased to have been a kingdom, and would have become a province of the Babylonian monarchy, and have been put under the government of one of Nebuchadnezzar's princes or captains; and, should they break it, would endanger the ruin of their state, as the event showed. In the Hebrew text it is, "to keep his covenant, to make it stand"; or, "to stand to it" ^F25; that is, as it should seem, to make the covenant stand firm. The Targum is,

``that it might keep his covenant, and serve him;''

Nebuchadnezzar.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (hdmel wtyrb ta rmvl) "ad custodiendum pactum ejus, ad astandum ei", Montanus; "ad servandum foedus suum, ad consistendumm", Starckius.

Yǐsījiēshū 17:14 In-Context

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 .

16 Tā qīng kān xiàng wáng suǒ qǐ de shì , beìqì wáng yù tā suǒ lì de yuē . zhǔ Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ zhǐ zhe wǒde yǒngshēng qǐshì , tā déng yào sǐ zaì lì tā zuò wáng , Bābǐlún wáng de jīng dōu .