Ezekiel 17:14
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Ezek 17:14
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that the kingdom might be in subjection, not exalting itself, {but} keeping his covenant that it might continue.
Ezek 17:15
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~`But he rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt that they might give him horses and many troops. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Can he indeed break the covenant and escape?
Ezek 17:16
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~`As I live,' declares the Lord GOD, `Surely in the country of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke, in Babylon he shall die.
Ezek 17:17
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~`Pharaoh with {his} mighty army and great company will not help him in the war, when they cast up ramps and build siege walls to cut off many lives.
Ezek 17:18
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~`Now he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and behold, he pledged his allegiance, yet did all these things; he shall not escape."'
Ezek 17:19
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Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "As I live, surely My oath which he despised and My covenant which he broke, I will inflict on his head.
Ezek 17:20
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~"I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. Then I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there {regarding} the unfaithful act which he has committed against Me.
Ezek 17:21
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~"All the choice men in all his troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to every wind; and you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken."
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