Ezequiel 17:16

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.

Ezequiel 17:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 17:16

[As] I live, saith the Lord God
This is the form of an oath, as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe; the Lord swears, in his wrath, by himself, by his life; this shows how much he resented, what Zedekiah had done, and how sure and certain his ruin was: surely in the place [where] the king [dwelleth] that made him king;
in Babylon, where Nebuchadnezzar dwelt, that made Zedekiah king of Judah; which is mentioned, to point out the ingratitude of that prince to the king of Babylon: whose oath he despised, whose covenant he broke;
the oath of fealty and, allegiance, which Zedekiah took to Nebuchadnezzar; and the covenant entered into between them, by which the former held the kingdom of Judea of the latter: the oath he made light of, though solemn, one made by the God of Israel; and the covenant he broke, though ratified by an oath; in which things were given to him he could not claim, at least possess, but by the courtesy of the conqueror; these sins were displeasing to God: oaths and covenants, though made with conquerors, and with Heathen princes, are to be kept: [even] with him;
that is, with Nebuchadnezzar: in the midst of Babylon he shall die;
when first taken he was had to Riblah, and there his eyes were put out; and after that he was carried to Babylon, and put in prison, and there died, ( Jeremiah 52:9-11 ) .

Ezequiel 17:16 In-Context

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.

17 Ni el faraón con su poderoso ejército podrá ayudar a Israel cuando el rey de Babilonia vuelva a sitiar a Jerusalén y mate a mucha gente.

18 Pues el rey de Israel despreció el tratado y no lo cumplió aun después de jurar que lo haría; así que no escapará.