Ezekiel 17:14

that the kingdom might be in subjection, not exalting itself, but keeping his covenant that it might continue.

Ezekiel 29:14

I will turn the fortunes of Egypt and make them return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom.

Deuteronomy 28:43

The alien who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, but you will go down lower and lower.

1 Samuel 2:7

“The Lord makes poor and rich;
He brings low, He also exalts.

Therefore the Lord God of Israel declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever’; but now the Lord declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be lightly esteemed.

Nehemiah 9:36-37

“Behold, we are slaves today,
And as to the land which You gave to our fathers to eat of its fruit and its bounty,
Behold, we are slaves in it.

Jeremiah 27:12-17

I spoke words like all these to Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people, and live!

Jeremiah 38:17

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘If you will indeed go out to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned with fire, and you and your household will survive.

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin has become as hot as an oven,
Because of the burning heat of famine.

Ezekiel 17:6

Then it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine with its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and yielded shoots and sent out branches.

Matthew 22:17-21

Tell us then, what do You think? Is it lawful to give a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?”

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Summary

Ezekiel 17:14

That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

The kingdom

Matthew 22:17

But that by keeping of his covenant it might stand

Jeremiah 27:12

Jeremiah 38:17

Bible References

The kingdom

Then it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine with its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and yielded shoots and sent out branches.

I will turn the fortunes of Egypt and make them return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom.

The alien who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, but you will go down lower and lower.

“The Lord makes poor and rich;

He brings low, He also exalts.

“Behold, we are slaves today,
And as to the land which You gave to our fathers to eat of its fruit and its bounty,
Behold, we are slaves in it.

Our skin has become as hot as an oven,
Because of the burning heat of famine.

Tell us then, what do You think? Is it lawful to give a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?”

But that by keeping of his covenant it might stand

I spoke words like all these to Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people, and live!

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the Lord

God of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘If you will indeed go out to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned with fire, and you and your household will survive.