Ezekiel 17:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

He rebelled

In

Jeremiah 37:5

Shall he prosper

Ezekiel 17:9

Deuteronomy 29:12

Jeremiah 22:29

Shall he escape

Or shall

Psalm 55:23

General references

Ezekiel 23:20

Bible References

He rebelled

“But there was another great eagle with great wings and much plumage; and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him and sent out its branches toward him from the beds where it was planted, that he might water it.

For through the anger of the Lord this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. But he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel.

For through the anger of the Lord this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

In

Moreover, he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor shall he cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, since the Lord has said to you, ‘You shall never again return that way.’

“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the Lord,
“Who execute a plan, but not Mine,
And

make an alliance, but not of My Spirit,

In order to add sin to sin;

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
And rely on horses,
And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord!

Behold, you rely on the staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.

Meanwhile, Pharaoh’s army had set out from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who had been besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they lifted the siege from Jerusalem.

Shall he prosper

Say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, so that it withers—so that all its sprouting leaves wither? And neither by great strength nor by many people can it be raised from its roots again.

that you may enter into the covenant with the Lord your God, and into His oath which the Lord your God is making with you today,

“O land, land, land,
Hear the word of the Lord!

Shall he escape

Now he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and behold, he

pledged his allegiance, yet did all these things; he shall not escape.’”

And you, O slain, wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the punishment of the end,’

A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who

tells lies will not escape.

and Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye;

You will not escape from his hand, for you will surely be captured and delivered into his hand; and you will see the king of Babylon eye to eye, and he will speak with you face to face, and you will go to Babylon.’”’

But if you will not go out to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be given over to the hand of the Chaldeans; and they will burn it with fire, and you yourself will not escape from their hand.’”

You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of

hell?

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard,

Or shall

But You, O God, will bring them down to the

pit of destruction;

Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days.

But I will trust in You.

General references

She lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose issue is like the issue of horses.