Ezekiel 17:12
“Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon.
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Ezekiel 17:12
“Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon.
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Ezekiel 17:13
He took one of the royal offspring, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land,
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Ezekiel 17:14
that the kingdom might be brought low, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
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Ezekiel 17:15
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the covenant, and still escape?
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Ezekiel 17:16
“ ‘As I live,’ says the Lord Yahweh, ‘surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the middle of Babylon he will die.
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Ezekiel 17:17
Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company won’t help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons.
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Ezekiel 17:18
For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things. He won’t escape.
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Ezekiel 17:19
“Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘As I live, I will surely bring on his own head my oath that he has despised and my covenant that he has broken.
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Ezekiel 17:20
I will spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.
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Ezekiel 17:21
All his fugitives in all his bands will fall by the sword, and those who remain will be scattered toward every wind. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it.’
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Ezekiel 17:4
He cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, and carried it to a land of traffic. He planted it in a city of merchants.
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Ezekiel 17:11
Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
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