Verse 16
Ezekiel 17:16
New King James Version
16
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place
where
the king
dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake,
even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
Original Language Text
hebrew
חַי אָ֗נִי נְאֻם֮ אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִה֒ אִם לֹ֗א בִּ/מְקוֹם֙ הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ הַ/מַּמְלִ֣יךְ אֹת֔/וֹ אֲשֶׁ֤ר בָּזָה֙ אֶת אָ֣לָת֔/וֹ וַ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵפֵ֖ר אֶת בְּרִית֑/וֹ אִתּ֥/וֹ בְ/תוֹךְ בָּבֶ֖ל יָמֽוּת
English Translation
As surely as I live, declares the Lord Yahweh, if in the place of the king who appoints him, who has despised his oath and broken his covenant with him in the midst of Babylon, he will die.
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Chapter 17 Context
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
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And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, whic...
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He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a ci...
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He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed
it by great wate...
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And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the r...
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There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did be...
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It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might...
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Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut...
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Yea, behold,
being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touche...
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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12
Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these
things mean? tell
them, Behold, the king of...
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And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he h...
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That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up,
but that by keeping of his covenan...
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But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses a...
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16
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place
where
the king
dwelleth that made him king, whos...
17
Neither shall Pharaoh with
his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up...
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Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done...
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenan...
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And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylo...
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And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scat...
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set
it;...
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In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear f...
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And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exal...
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