Ezekiel 17:12-15

17:12

Say
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now to the rebellious
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house
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Know
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ye not what these [things mean]? tell
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[them], Behold, the king
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of Babylon
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is come
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to Jerusalem
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and hath taken
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the king
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thereof, and the princes
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thereof, and led
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them with him to Babylon
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17:13

And hath taken
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of the king's
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seed
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and made
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a covenant
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with him, and hath taken
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an oath
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of him: he hath also taken
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the mighty
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of the land
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{taken an...: Heb. brought him to an oath}

17:14

That the kingdom
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might be base
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that it might not lift itself up
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[but] that by keeping
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of his covenant
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it might stand
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{but...: Heb. to keep his covenant, to stand to it}

17:15

But he rebelled
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against him in sending
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his ambassadors
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into Egypt
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that they might give
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him horses
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and much
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people
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Shall he prosper
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shall he escape
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that doeth
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such [things]? or shall he break
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the covenant
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and be delivered
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