Ezekiel 17:14

so that the kingdom would be in subjection, unable to restore itself and rise again, but that by keeping his covenant it might continue.

Ezekiel 29:14

I will reverse the fortunes of Egypt [as I will that of Israel] and cause them to return to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom.

Deuteronomy 28:43

The stranger who lives among you will rise above you higher and higher, and you will go down lower and lower.

1 Samuel 2:7

“The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
He brings low and He lifts up.

Therefore the Lord God of Israel declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and that of [Aaron] your father would walk [in priestly service] 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 insignificant and contemptible.

Nehemiah 9:36-37

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

Jeremiah 27:12-17

I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah in the same way, 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 go out and surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live and this city will not be burned with fire; and you and your household will live.

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is as hot as [the heat of] an oven
Because of the burning heat of [the fever of] famine.

Ezekiel 17:6

Then it sprouted and grew and became a low, spreading vine whose branches turned [in submission] 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 permissible [according to Jewish law and tradition] to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?”

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