Verse 14
Ezekiel 17:14
Literal Standard Version
14
That the kingdom may be humble, || That it may not lift itself up, || To keep his covenant—that it may stand.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לִֽ/הְיוֹת֙ מַמְלָכָ֣ה שְׁפָלָ֔ה לְ/בִלְתִּ֖י הִתְנַשֵּׂ֑א לִ/שְׁמֹ֥ר אֶת בְּרִית֖/וֹ לְ/עָמְדָֽ/הּ
English Translation
To be a lowly kingdom, lest it become exalted, to keep its covenant, to endure.
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Chapter 17 Context
1
And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
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“Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use an allegory to the house of Israel,
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and you have said, Thus said Lord YHWH: The great eagle, great-winged, long-pinioned, || Full of fea...
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He has cropped the top of its tender twigs, || And he brings it to the land of Canaan. He has placed...
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And he takes of the seed of the land, || And puts it in a field of seed, || He took it by many water...
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And it springs up, and becomes a spreading vine, humble of stature, || To turn its thin shoots towar...
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And there is another great eagle, || Great-winged, and abounding with feathers, || And behold, this...
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On a good field, by many waters, it is planted, to make branches, and to bear fruit, to be for a goo...
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Say, Thus said Lord YHWH: It prospers—does he not draw out its roots, || And cut off its fruit, and...
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And behold, the planted thing—does it prosper? When the east wind comes against it, does it not utte...
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And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
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“Now say to the house of rebellion, || Have you not known what these are? Say, Behold, the king of B...
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And he takes of the seed of the kingdom, || And makes a covenant with him, || And brings him into an...
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That the kingdom may be humble, || That it may not lift itself up, || To keep his covenant—that it m...
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And he rebels against him, || To send his messengers to Egypt, || To give to him horses, and many pe...
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As I live—a declaration of Lord YHWH, || Does he not—in the place of the king who is causing him to...
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And not with a great force, and with a numerous assembly, || Does Pharaoh maintain him in battle, ||...
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And he despised the oath—to break covenant, || And behold, he has given his hand, || And all these h...
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Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: As I live—My oath that he has despised, || And My covenant that he h...
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And I have spread out My snare for him, || And he has been caught in My net, || And I have brought h...
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And all his fugitives, with all his bands, || Fall by sword, and those remaining, || They are spread...
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Thus said Lord YHWH: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, || And I have set it, || I crop...
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In a mountain—the high place of Israel, I plant it, || And it has borne boughs, and yielded fruit, |...
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And all trees of the field have known || That I, YHWH, have made the high tree low, || I have set th...
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