Bible Commentary

Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set [it]; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant [it] upon a high mountain and eminent: 22. I will also take ] I will take “I” … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 17:22”

And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken [it]. 21. all his fugitives ] The form of word does not otherwise occur, but has been so understood by some ancient … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 17:21”

And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me. 20. spread my net ] Cf. ch. Eze 12:13; Hos 7:12. plead with him ] i.e. there … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 17:20”

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. As I live: see Eze 16:48. Mine oath; made in my name, and of which I am both witness and avenger. Hath despised: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 17:19”

Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these [things], he shall not escape. Verse 18. Seeing he despised the oath] This God particularly resents. He had bound himself by oath, in the presence of Jehovah, to be faithful to the covenant that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 17:18”

Neither shall Pharaoh with [his] mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons: 17. The aid of Pharaoh shall be in vain; cf. Jer 37:5, and the pathetic references to the hopes and disappointments of the besieged during the last … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 17:17”

[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 broke, [even] with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. 16. Zedekiah, being carried to Babylon, shall die there. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 17:16”

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? 15. Cf. 2Ki 24:20. The king of Egypt referred to was Pharaoh Hophra, Jer 44:30; Jer … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 17:15”

That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, [but] that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. 14. might be base ] i.e. humble, and without pretension; cf. ch. Eze 29:14. It was with this purpose that Nebuchadnezzar carried away the mighty of the land. He also hoped that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 17:14”

And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land: 13. the king’s seed ] the royal seed, lit. seed of the kingdom. See on Eze 17:5; cf. 2Ki 24:17; Jer 37:1. an oath of him … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 17:13”