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Ezekiel 17:13

Covenant and promises

11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

12 Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

14 That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,
KJV
And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
WEB
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,
ASV
and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;
DARBY
And he took of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath, and he took away the mighty of the land;
BLB
And he took from the seed of the king, and he cut with him a covenant, and he brought him in under oath—for the mighty ones of the land he had taken away—
ÅB
Og han tok en av kongeslekten[^4] og gjorde en pakt med ham og tok ham i ed, og de mektige i landet tok han med seg,
OTB
Han tok et medlem av kongefamilien og gjorde en pakt med ham, satte ham under ed. Han førte også bort landets ledende menn,
B1930
Og han tok en av kongeætten og gjorde en pakt med ham og tok ham i ed, og de mektige i landet tok han med sig, / < Sedekias; 2KG 24, 17. 2KR 36, 10 fg.>

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 36:13

    And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.

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  • 2 Kings 24:15–17

    And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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  • Ezekiel 17:5

    He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

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  • Jeremiah 5:2

    And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.

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  • Jeremiah 24:1

    The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

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  • Jeremiah 29:2

    (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)

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  • Jeremiah 37:1

    And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

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