16<\/strong>. Zedekiah, being carried to Babylon, shall die there.<\/p>\n Verse 16<\/span>. In the midst of Babylon he shall die.<\/B><\/I>] His eyes were put out; he was carried to Babylon, and never returned.<\/P> <\/p>\n As sure as I am God, and live, I will punish this perjury: and here is a particular account of the punishment. <\/P> In the place; <\/B>Babylon. The king; Nebuchadnezzar. <\/P> Made him king; <\/B>Zedekiah. <\/P> Whose oath; <\/B>the oath Nebuchadnezzar imposed. <\/P> He despised; <\/B>contemptuously, without any just cause given; and therefore this perfidious prince could never expect more favour, but must in reason fear the greatest severities. Under this fear Zedekiah shall spend the rest of his days. He shall rather be always dying, for though he lived a natural life, yet it was in such sadness, it is more properly styled a dying; in blindness, under the memorial of the most afflictlye sight, the murder of his children, which was the last thing his eye ever beheld. <\/P> <\/p>\n 16. in the place where the kingdwelleth<\/B>righteous retribution. He brought on himself in theworst form the evil which, in a mild form, he had sought to deliverhimself from by perjured treachery, namely, vassalage (Eze 12:13<\/span>;Jer 32:5<\/span>; Jer 34:3<\/span>;Jer 52:11<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n [As] I live, saith the Lord God<\/strong>,…. This is the form of an oath, as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe; the Lord swears, in his wrath, by himself, by his life; this shows how much he resented, what Zedekiah had done, and how sure and certain his ruin was:<\/p>\n surely in the place [where] the king [dwelleth] that made him king<\/strong>; in Babylon, where Nebuchadnezzar dwelt, that made Zedekiah king of Judah; which is mentioned, to point out the ingratitude of that prince to the king of Babylon:<\/p>\n whose oath he despised, whose covenant he broke<\/strong>; the oath of fealty and, allegiance, which Zedekiah took to Nebuchadnezzar; and the covenant entered into between them, by which the former held the kingdom of Judea of the latter: the oath he made light of, though solemn, one made by the God of Israel; and the covenant he broke, though ratified by an oath; in which things were given to him he could not claim, at least possess, but by the courtesy of the conqueror; these sins were displeasing to God: oaths and covenants, though made with conquerors, and with Heathen princes, are to be kept:<\/p>\n [even] with him<\/strong>; that is, with Nebuchadnezzar:<\/p>\n in the midst of Babylon he shall die<\/strong>; when first taken he was had to Riblah, and there his eyes were put out; and after that he was carried to Babylon, and put in prison, and there died, Jer 52:9<\/span>.<\/p>\n It now follows, As I live, says the Lord Jehovah, in the dwelling of the king who placed him on a throne, shall he die. Although the Prophet had sufficiently shown that Zedekiah could not escape the penalty of his revolt, yet God here again comes forward, and swears by himself, or by his life, that he would punish Zedekiah. Hence the great stupidity of the people appears, for God never acts falsely by his own name, or brings it forward in vain, but when necessity demands it, he swears by himself. And by his own example he prescribes to us, that we should not rush rashly upon an oath, but be sober in this respect. But God swears that Zedekiah should die on the spot, that is, at the capital of the king who put him on the throne; that is Babylon, where he died: and yet he did not see Babylon, because his eyes were put out at Riblath, as we saw elsewhere. (Jer 39:7<\/span>; Jer 52:11<\/span>.) But the Prophet simply denounces the penalty, that he should die in exile, and in the dwelling of the king who had placed him on his throne, and from whose covenant he had departed, and whose oath he had despised. <\/p>\n (16) In the place . . . he shall die.<\/strong>The distinct prophecy of the death of Zedekiah at Babylon is here given in a form to bring out in the strongest light the fitness and justice of his punishment. It was to be in the place of the king to whom he owed his crown, and to whom he had given his fealty, yet against whom he had rebelled. The tense here changes to the future, because the events of this and the following verse were yet to be fulfilled.<\/p>\n 16<\/strong>. <\/strong> In the midst of Babylon he shall die <\/strong> See Eze 19:9<\/span>.<\/p>\n Eze 17:16<\/span> [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 brake, [even] with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.<\/p>\n Ver. 16. As I live.<\/strong> ] So surely will I punish perjury and treachery. Histories are full of examples in this kind, and I have elsewhere recited some of them. That of Henry III of France, related by a reverend man, a<\/em> deserves to be memorised: After great differences between him, the Cardinal, and Duke of Guise, he was reconciled unto them, confirmed the reconciliation with many oaths, took the sacrament upon it, and gave himself to the devil, body and soul, in case he meant or should attempt anything against them. Yet, saith the story, he caused the Duke to be killed in his own presence, and the Cardinal, his brother, the next day after. Here was breach of covenant; but did he prosper, escape, do such things, and have deliverance? No; within eight months after, he was slain by a friar in the midst of his army. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Mr Greenhill.<\/p>\n saith the Lord GOD = [is] Adenai Jehovah’s oracle. <\/p>\n in the midst of Babylon, &c. Compare Eze 12:13. <\/p>\n whose oath: Eze 17:18, Eze 17:19, Eze 16:59, Exo 20:7, Num 30:2, Jos 9:20, 2Sa 21:2, Psa 15:4, Exo 8:2, Hos 10:4, Zec 5:3, Zec 5:4, Mal 3:5, Rom 1:31, 1Ti 1:10, 2Ti 3:3 <\/p>\n even: Eze 17:10, Eze 12:13, Jer 32:4, Jer 32:5, Jer 34:3-5, Jer 39:7, Jer 52:11 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Jos 6:22 – as ye sware unto her 1Sa 30:15 – Swear 2Ki 25:7 – bound him Psa 55:20 – broken Jer 34:5 – But thou Jer 34:16 – polluted Jer 34:21 – Zedekiah Jer 52:2 – he did Heb 6:16 – an oath<\/p>\n Eze 17:16. King dwelleth that made him king refers to the king of Babylon, for in 2Ki 24:17 we have the record of that appointment. This verse predicts that Zedekiah was to die in the very land of him who had given him his appointment as king.<\/p>\n Eze 17:16-21. 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, Psa 95:11. Observe, reader, as Gods promises are confirmed with an oath, for comfort to the saints, so are his threatenings, for terror to the wicked. Surely in the place where the king dwelleth In Babylon, where Nebuchadnezzar dwells, who made him king, when he might have as easily made him a prisoner. Whose oath he despised Made light of, and perfidiously violated. Even with him he shall die Shall be a prisoner in Babylon the rest of his days, and shall die there. Neither shall Pharaoh make for him See Jer 37:7. But the Hebrew, , may be properly rendered, as indeed it is by Bishop Newcome, Pharaoh shall not deal with him, namely, with Nebuchadnezzar, in war: or, shall not make war with him. Accordingly the Vulgate translates the clause, Et non in exercitu grandi, neque in populo multo faciet contra eum Pharaoh prlium: neither with a great army, nor with much people, shall Pharaoh fight a battle against him. By casting up, &c. Or rather, When he hath cast up mounts, &c., that is, when Nebuchadnezzar has raised mounts and builded forts to annoy Jerusalem, and destroy its inhabitants, Pharaoh shall not bring any assistance to it. Seeing he despised, &c., when lo, he had given his hand In token of entering into a mutual league and covenant. It was a ceremony used especially when an inferior made profession of his subjection to a superior. My covenant that he hath broken God calls it his covenant, because it was entered into, or promised to be observed, by taking an oath in his name. Even it will I recompense upon his own head I will punish it as it deserves, and it shall appear by the punishment that my hand doth execute it. And I will spread my net, &c. See on Eze 12:13, where this clause occurs word for word. And will plead with him there God is said to plead with men when he places their sins before their eyes, and convinces them of their disobedience by manifest tokens of his vengeance. And all his fugitives All the companions of his flight; with all his bands shall fall by the sword Every thing here denounced by the prophet against Zedekiah exactly came to pass, as the reader may see by comparing these threatenings with the account given Jer 52:8-11; 2Ki 25:5-7.<\/p>\n [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. 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