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...
MINE OATH— That is, given and received in my name. For kings in their covenants swore each by the name of his God, as Jacob and Laban did formerly in mount Gilead....
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...
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head. MINE OATH THAT HE HATH DESPIS...
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...
Zedekiah had sworn allegiance to Nebuchadrezzar in God's name. His revolt against Babylon, therefore, did dishonour to God. For another example of Zedekiah's perfidy see Jeremiah 34:8. 20, 21. A repet...
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...
MINE OATH... MY COVENANT. — Zedekiah’s oath and covenant to Nebuchadnezzar are called the Lord’s, because made in the Lord’s name, and also because He had commanded them. Rebellion against Nebuchadnez...
לָכֵ֞ן כֹּה ־אָמַ֨ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֮ חַי ־אָנ
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...
The former sentence is confirmed. The Prophet had spoken after the usually received manner when he said that Zedekiah’s perfidy would not be unrevenged; but he now brings forward God as the speaker, b...
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...
THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, [AS] I LIVE,.... A repetition of the oath of God as before, expressing his indignation at the king of Judah, and the certainty of his ruin: SURELY MINE OATH THAT HE...
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; [As] I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head. Ver. 19. _Surely mine oath._]...
_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...
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, As I live, SURELY MINE OATH THAT HE HATH DESPISED, for it was made in the name of Jehovah, AND MY COVENANT THAT HE HATH BROKEN, EVEN IT WILL I RECOMPENSE UPON HIS O...
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 I LIVE: see EZEKIEL 16:48. MINE OATH; made in my name, and of which I am both witness and avenger. HATH DESPISED: see EZEKIEL 16:59, EZEKIEL 17:18. I WILL RECOMPENSE; I will punish, as it
Ezekiel 17:19 says H559 (H8804) Lord H136 GOD H3069 live H2416 oath H423 despised H959 (H8804) covenant...
‘Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “As I live, surely my oath which he has despised, and my covenant which he has broken, will I even bring down on his own head.” Behind all that has been said, how...
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...
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...
Deuteronomy 5:11; Ezekiel 21:23; Jeremiah 5:2; Jeremiah 5:9; Je