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Verse Ezekiel 17:15. _SENDING HIS AMBASSADORS INTO EGYPT_] Zedekiah
must have sent his ambassadors into Egypt, between the _sixth_ month
of his _sixth_ year, and the _fifth_ month of his _seventh_ ye...
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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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HE REBELLED, &c. See 2Ki 24:20. 2 Chronicles 36:13....
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Cf. 2 Kings 24:20. The king of Egypt referred to was Pharaoh Hophra,
Jeremiah 44:30; Jeremiah 37:5 _seq_. The indignation of Ezekiel
against Zedekiah arises greatly from his regarding the subjection o...
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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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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
cov...
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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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SHALL HE ESCAPE THAT DOETH SUCH THINGS? — The faithlessness of
Zedekiah and his court to his own sworn covenant was an act, in
addition to all his other wickedness, especially abominable to God.
The s...
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וַ יִּמְרָד ־בֹּ֗ו לִ שְׁלֹ֤חַ
מַלְאָכָיו֙ מִ
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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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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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BUT HE REBELLED AGAINST HIM,.... Zedekiah rebelled against the king of
Babylon, broke the covenant he entered into, and violated his oath:
IN SENDING HIS AMBASSADORS INTO EGYPT; to form an alliance w...
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_But he rebelled in sending into Egypt, that they might give him
horses_ Egypt was a country abounding in horses, of which there was
great scarcity in Judea. This was not only a violation of his oath...
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THE DOUBLE APPLICATION OF THE PARABLE...
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But he, the king of Judah, rebelled against him, namely,
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, IN SENDING HIS AMBASSADORS INTO
EGYPT, 2 Kings 24:20, THAT THEY MIGHT GIVE HIM HORSES AND MUCH PEOPLE,
come to...
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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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BUT ZEDEKIAH REBELLED; endeavoured to cast off the dominion of the
conqueror Nebuchadnezzar, who had advanced him and obliged him.
SENDING HIS AMBASSADORS is called bending his roots toward the second...
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Ezekiel 17:15 rebelled H4775 (H8799) sending H7971 (H8800) ambassadors
H4397 Egypt H4714 give H5414 (H8800) horse
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“Will he prosper? Will he escape who does such things? Will he break
the covenant and yet escape? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely
in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oa...
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“But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt,
that they might give him horses and much people.”
This verse hides a huge amount of intrigue between Jerusalem and
Egypt. Who made t...
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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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2 Chronicles 36:13; 2 Kings 24:20; Deuteronomy 17:16; Deuteronomy
29:12;...
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He — Zedekiah. Shall he break — Can perjury be the way for
deliverance?...