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Verse Ezekiel 17:14. _THAT THE KINGDOM MIGHT BE BASE_] Have no
political _consequence_, and at last sink into a _miserable
government_ under Gedaliah....
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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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BASE. low....
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IS COME TO JERUSALEM— _Came to Jerusalem, and took the king,_ &c.
Ezekiel 17:13. _And he took of the king's seed, and struck up a
covenant with him, and laid him under an oath; he took also the mighty...
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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...
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That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but
that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
THAT THE KINGDOM MIGHT BE BASE - i:e., low as to national elevation,
by being N...
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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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THAT THE KINGDOM MIGHT BE BASE. — (See the Notes on Ezekiel 17:6.)...
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לִֽ הְיֹות֙ מַמְלָכָ֣ה שְׁפָלָ֔ה לְ
בִלְתִּ֖י...
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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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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...
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He now adds, _that the kingdom might be humbled. _Zedekiah then could
not pretend error, nor turn his back, as if he had been outwitted by
the cunning and secret counsels of the king of Babylon: for
N...
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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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THAT THE KINGDOM MIGHT BE BASE,.... Low or humble; its king but a
viceroy, a tributary to the king of Babylon; and the subjects obliged
to a tax, payable to him; and this is intended by the vine being...
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That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up,
[but] that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
Ver. 14. _That the kingdom might be base._] The mighty of the land
being taken...
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_Say now to the rebellious house_ To the house of Judah, which have
been and still are rebellious against me, and are now entering into a
rebellion against Nebuchadnezzar. This is God's order to his p...
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THE DOUBLE APPLICATION OF THE PARABLE...
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that the kingdom might be base, of a low condition, of a very
secondary rank, THAT IT MIGHT NOT LIFT ITSELF UP, not develop enough
strength to regain its independence, BUT THAT BY KEEPING OF HIS
COVEN...
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BUT THAT BY KEEPING OF HIS COVENANT IT MIGHT STAND:
_ Heb._ to keep his covenant to stand to it...
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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...
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So plainly and openly did Nebuchadnezzar deal with the Jews. THE
KINGDOM; the tributary kingdom, whereof Zedekiah is roitelet. BASE;
low in power. LIFT ITSELF UP; rise up into rebellion, or be so
cons...
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Ezekiel 17:14 kingdom H4467 low H8217 up H5375 (H8692) keeping H8104
(H8800) covenant H1285 stand H5975 ...
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“And he took of the royal seed and made a treaty (covenant) with
him. He also brought him under an oath and took away the mighty of the
land, that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift its...
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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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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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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....
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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...
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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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1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Samuel 2:7; Deuteronomy 28:43; Ezekiel 17:6; Ez