Ezechiele 17:15

15 Ma colui si è ribellato contro a lui, mandando i suoi ambasciatori in Egitto, acciocchè gli fosser dati cavalli, e gran gente. Colui che fa cotali cose prospererebbe egli? scamperebbe egli? avendo rotto il patto, scamperebbe egli pure?

Ezechiele 17:15 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 17:15

But he rebelled against him
Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon, broke the covenant he entered into, and violated his oath: in sending his ambassadors into Egypt;
to form an alliance with the king of it, and obtain help from him to break off the Babylonian yoke; this is signified by the vine "bending [its] roots, [and] shooting forth [its] branches [towards] another great eagle", the king of Egypt, ( Ezekiel 17:7 ) ; that they might give him horses and much people;
with both which Egypt abounded, ( 1 Kings 10:28 ) ( Isaiah 31:1 Isaiah 31:3 ) ; but in Judea there was a scarcity, as of horses, so of men, by means of the multitude of captives which the king of Babylon had carried away; wherefore Zedekiah sent to Egypt for both, for recruits of men; and for horses to form a cavalry, to free himself from the king of Babylon, and defend himself and people against him: shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such [things]?
that is guilty of breaking an express law of God, which forbids the kings of Israel multiplying horses, and sending to Egypt for them, ( Deuteronomy 17:16 ) ; and placing confidence in an arm of flesh, ( Isaiah 31:1 Isaiah 31:3 ) ( 36:9 ) ; and of such base ingratitude to the king of Babylon, who had set him upon the throne, and put him in a comfortable and flourishing condition: or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
shall one guilty, as of the other crimes, so of breach of covenant, and of perjury, escape the vengeance of God and man? he shall not.

Ezechiele 17:15 In-Context

13 E prese uno del sangue reale, e fece patto con lui, e lo fece giurare, e prese i possenti del paese;

14 acciocchè il reame fosse basso e non si elevasse; e serbasse il patto fatto con lui, acciocchè restasse in piè.

15 Ma colui si è ribellato contro a lui, mandando i suoi ambasciatori in Egitto, acciocchè gli fosser dati cavalli, e gran gente. Colui che fa cotali cose prospererebbe egli? scamperebbe egli? avendo rotto il patto, scamperebbe egli pure?

16 Come io vivo, dice il Signore Iddio, egli morrà in mezzo di Babilonia, luogo del re che l’avea costituito re, ed appresso di lui, il cui giuramento egli ha sprezzato, e il cui patto egli ha rotto.

17 E Faraone, con grande esercito, e con gran gente radunata, non farà nulla con lui, in guerra; dopo che colui avrà fatti degli argini, ed avrà edificate delle bastie, per distruggere molte anime.