Ezequiel 17:14

14 para que Israel no se fortaleciera nuevamente y se rebelara. Solo si cumplía su tratado con Babilonia podría Israel sobrevivir.

Ezequiel 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.

Ezequiel 17:14 In-Context

12 «Diles a esos rebeldes de Israel: “¿No entienden lo que significa este enigma de las águilas? El rey de Babilonia vino a Jerusalén y se llevó al rey y a los príncipes a Babilonia.

13 Hizo un tratado con un miembro de la familia real y lo obligó a jurarle lealtad. También desterró a los líderes más influyentes de Israel,

14 para que Israel no se fortaleciera nuevamente y se rebelara. Solo si cumplía su tratado con Babilonia podría Israel sobrevivir.

15 »”Sin embargo, este israelita de la familia real se rebeló contra Babilonia y envió embajadores a Egipto para solicitar un gran ejército con muchos caballos. ¿Acaso podrá Israel dejar de cumplir los tratados que hizo bajo juramento sin que haya consecuencias?

16 ¡No! Porque tan cierto como que yo vivo, dice el Señor
Soberano, el rey de Israel morirá en Babilonia: el territorio del rey que lo puso en el trono y con quien hizo un tratado que despreció y no cumplió.