Yǐsījiēshū 17:18

18 Tā qīng kàn shì yán , beìqì míng yuē , yǐjing tóu jiàng , què yòu zuò zhè yīqiè de shì , tā bì bùnéng taótuō .

Yǐsījiēshū 17:18 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 17:18

Seeing he despised the oath, by breaking the covenant
This is repeated again, to show the heinousness of the sin Zedekiah had been guilty of, and what was the cause of his ruin: when, lo, he had given his hand;
to the king of Babylon, to testify his hearty agreement with him, and that he might depend upon the oath and covenant being sacredly observed by him. This was a rite for custom frequently and early used in different nations, when covenants and agreements were entered into; we find it used in the times of Homer {z}; and among the Romans. When Antoninus, Lepidus, and Octavius made peace, the historian says ^F1, they joined their hands together. Virgil

---

FOOTNOTES:

F2 speaks of the same ceremony used by Anchises to Achaemenides, for confirmation of friendship. Though some understand this of his giving the hand to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and entering into an alliance with him, and broke the covenant and oath made to the king of Babylon; and so the Targum,

``and, lo, he stretched out his hand to Pharaoh:''

and hath done all these [things];
been guilty of such and so many crimes, as ingratitude, perjury, covenant breaking, and vain confidence: he shall not escape;
divine vengeance, just and proper punishment for his sins.
F26 (ceirav t' allhlwn labethn kai pistwsate) , Iliad. 6.
F1 Florus, Hist. Rom. Gest. l. 4. c. 5.
F2 "Ipse pater dextram Anchises, haud malta moratur, Dat juveni atque animum praesenti pignore firmat". Aeneid. l. 3. prope finem.

Yǐsījiēshū 17:18 In-Context

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 .

17 Dírén zhú lĕi zào tái , yǔ tā dǎzhàng de shíhou , wéi yào jiǎnchú duō rén , fǎlǎo suī lǐng dà jūnduì hé dà qúnzhòng , háishì bùnéng bāngzhu tā .

18 Tā qīng kàn shì yán , beìqì míng yuē , yǐjing tóu jiàng , què yòu zuò zhè yīqiè de shì , tā bì bùnéng taótuō .

19 Suǒyǐ zhǔ Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , wǒ zhǐ zhe wǒde yǒngshēng qǐshì , tā jì qīng kàn zhǐ wǒ suǒ qǐ de shì , beìqì zhǐ wǒ suǒ lì de yuē , wǒ bìyào shǐ zhè zuì guī zaì tā tóu shang .

20 Wǒ bìjiāng wǒde wǎng sǎ zaì tā shēnshang , tā bì zaì wǒde wǎngluó zhōng chán zhù . wǒ bì daì tā dào Bābǐlún , bìng yào zaì nàli yīn tā gānfàn wǒde zuì xíngfá tā .