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CHAPTER XVII
_This chapter begins with a new allegory or parable_, 1-10;
_to which an explanation is immediately subjoined_, 11-21.
_In the remaining verses the prophet, by a beautiful metaphor,_...
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Ezekiel, after describing by a figure the circumstances and conditions
of the Jews and Zedekiah, the vassal of the Assyrian monarch, warns
them of the delusive character of their hopes of help from Eg...
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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...
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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...
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THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
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IV. THE KING: A LOWLY VINE 17:1-21
In chapter 17 Ezekiel turns his attention to King Zedekiah back in
Jerusalem. This vassal king had committed an act of treachery against
Nebuchadnezzar by breaking h...
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
The date of the prophecy is between the sixth month of Zedekiah's
sixth year of reign and the fifth month of the seventh year after the
carrying away...
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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...
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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...
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וַ יְהִ֥י דְבַר ־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵ
אמֹֽר
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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...
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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...
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Perhaps this great eagle represents Nebuchadnezzar, who carried
Jeconiah, when quite a youth, and, like a tender twig, unable to
resist any bird of prey, into Babylon. 2 Kings 24:8. The land of
traffi...
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CONTENTS
The Lord, by His servant the Prophet, is still teaching by parable.
Under the similitude of two eagles and a vine is showed God's
judgments upon Jerusalem. The Chapter, however, closeth with...
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In this chapter the Prophet shows that the Jews were utterly foolish
in thinking themselves safe, since they had God as their adversary. At
the end of the chapter he promises indeed the restoration of...
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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...
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AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, SAYING. After the prophet had
been sent to charge the Jews with breaking the covenant with God, he
is sent to rebuke and threaten them for breaking covenant with...
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ver. 1. _And the word of the Lord came._] In the foregoing chapter God
had threatened the inhabitants of Jerusalem for violating their
covenant with him...
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And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,...
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THE RIDDLE ITSELF...
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1-10 Mighty conquerors are aptly likened to birds or beasts of prey,
but their destructive passions are overruled to forward God's designs.
Those who depart from God, only vary their crimes by changin...
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EZEKIEL CHAPTER 17 Under the parable of two eagles and a vine, EZEKIEL
17:1, is showed God's judgment upon Zedekiah, for revolting from
Babylon to Egypt, EZEKIEL 17:11. A promise of Christ's kingdom,...
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Ezekiel 17:1 word H1697 LORD H3068 saying H559 (H8800)...
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THE PARABLE OF THE TWO GREAT EAGLES.
‘And the word of Yahweh came to me saying.'
Ezekiel was still under his vow of silence apart from when the word of
Yahweh came to him. The people were slowly beg...
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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...
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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...
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_Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of
Israel._
PROPHECY IN PARABLE
The word “riddle” may in this connection mean parable, picture,
symbol; whatever will excite and in...
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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
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THE HUMILIATION AND EXALTATION OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID (Chap 17)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The word of prophecy in this chapter is introduced
in the way of a riddle and a parable (Ezekiel 17:2). The parable
its...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Ezekiel 17:1...