Ezekiel 17:14

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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 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.

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.

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

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

“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.

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

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?”

But that by keeping of his covenant it might stand

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!

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.