George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ezekiel 17:16
Die. He had sworn fidelity, and was justly punished, dying blind, and in prison, chap. xii. (Worthington)
Die. He had sworn fidelity, and was justly punished, dying blind, and in prison, chap. xii. (Worthington)
Verse Ezekiel 17:16. _IN THE MIDST OF BABYLON HE SHALL DIE._] His eyes were put out; he was carried to Babylon, and never returned....
Ezekiel 17:1. The great eagle mentioned first is Nebuchadnezzar. (See Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:22). He came to Lebanon and took the highest branch of the cedar, the symbol of the house of David, wh...
EZEKIEL 17. THE PERFIDIOUS KING. Jerusalem, as we have seen, is to be punished for her guilty past and her perfidious people (Ezekiel 17:16), but no less for her guilty present and her perfidious king...
SAITH THE LORD GOD. [is] Adenai Jehovah's oracle. IN THE MIDST OF BABYLON, &c. Compare Ezekiel 12:13....
Zedekiah, being carried to Babylon, shall die there....
B. The Explanation of the Eagle Parable 17:11-21 TRANSLATION (11) Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me saying, Say now to the rebellious house, Do you not know what these things mean? Say: The...
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....
ZEDEKIAH'S PERFIDY AND ITS PUNISHMENT Zedekiah had been placed on the throne of Judah as a vassal of Babylon, but was led by his nobles to intrigue with Egypt and to throw off the Babylonian yoke. The...
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 17 * This chapter contains a puzzle and its meaning. Two po...
IN THE PLACE... HE SHALL DIE. — The distinct prophecy of the death of Zedekiah at Babylon is here given in a form to bring out in the strongest light the fitness and justice of his punishment. It was...
חַי ־אָ֗נִי נְאֻם֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ אִם ־לֹ֗א
THE END OF THE MONARCHY Ezekiel 12:1; Ezekiel 17:1; Ezekiel 19:1 IN spite of the interest excited by Ezekiel's prophetic appearances, the exiles still received his prediction of the fall of Jerusalem...
Commanded by Jehovah, the prophet then put forth a riddle. A great eagle came on Lebanon, and took off the top of the cedar, planting the young twigs in a land of traffic, a city of merchants. Moreove...
We have here the Lord's own explanation of the parable. Israel is called a rebellious house, for it had been so to the Lord, and also to the King of Babylon. Indeed, if a nation be unfaithful to the L...
It now follows, _As I live, says the Lord Jehovah, in the dwelling of the king who placed him on a throne, shall he die. _Although the Prophet had sufficiently shown that Zedekiah could not escape the...
Chapter 17 present the judgment of Zedekiah for despising the oath that Nebuchadnezzar made him take in the name of Jehovah. Israel not having been able to stand in integrity before God, Jehovah had c...
[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 Zedeki...
Ezekiel 17:16 [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...
_As I live, saith the Lord_, &c. This intimates how highly God resented the crime, and how sure and severe the punishment of it would be. _He swears in his wrath_, as he did, Psalms 95:11. Observe, re...
THE DOUBLE APPLICATION OF THE PARABLE...
As I live, saith the Lord God, the sovereign Ruler of the universe swearing his most solemn oath, SURELY, IN THE PLACE WHERE THE KING DWELLETH THAT MADE HIM KING, WHOSE OATH HE DESPISED, rejecting the...
11-21 The parable is explained, and the particulars of the history of the Jewish nation at that time may be traced. Zedekiah had been ungrateful to his benefactor, which is a sin against God. In ever...
As sure as I am God, and live, I will punish this perjury: and here is a particular account of the punishment. IN THE PLACE; Babylon. The king; Nebuchadnezzar. MADE HIM KING; Zedekiah. WHOSE OATH; the...
Ezekiel 17:16 live H2416 says H5002 (H8803) Lord H136 GOD H3069 place H4725 king H4428 king H4427 ...
“Will he prosper? Will he escape who does such things? Will he break the covenant and yet escape? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oa...
CONTENTS: Parable of the great eagle. Rebellion of Zedekiah and its results. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Zedekiah, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: He who breaks covenant with God, and tramples the directions of...
Ezekiel 17:2. _Put forth a riddle._ A parable, or ingenious allegory, that the acumen of the composition may attract attention from the rulers of Judah. This parable is likewise ingeniously explained...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 17:1 If ch. Ezekiel 16:1 can be said to express a theological point of view, ch. Ezekiel 17:1
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 17:11 The first part identifies the characters of the fable (vv. Ezekiel 17:11) before spelling out the moral of the story (vv....
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PARABLE (Ezekiel 17:11) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—From Ezekiel 17:12 we have the formal interpretation of the parable. In Ezekiel 17:19, the threat contained in the parable is confir...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 17:2 PUT FORTH A RIDDLE, etc. Again there is an interval of silence, till another theme is suggested to the prophet's mind and worked out elaborately. This he describes as a "riddl...
CHAPTER 17. THE PARABLE OF THE TWO GREAT EAGLES, AND THE CROPPING OF THE CEDAR OF LEBANON. Ezekiel 17:1. _And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,_ Ezekiel 17:2. _Son of man, put forth a riddle,...
Now in chapter 17 he speaks a parable of a great eagle. And this is where some of these harebrained people begin to spiritualize and try to read the United States into prophecy. Because there is an ea...
1 Timothy 1:10; 2 Samuel 21:2; 2 Timothy 3:3; Exodus 20:7; Exodus 8:2;...