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Ezekiel 17:16

‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.

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ASV

As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

KJV

As I live, saith the Lord God, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
חַי־chai-[by] [the] lifeH2416 →
אָ֗נִי'A.niof meH589 →
נְאֻם֮ne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִה֒Yah.wehYahwehH3069 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
לֹ֗אLo'notH3808 →
בִּמְקוֹם֙bim.kOmin [the] place ofH4725 →
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
הַמַּמְלִ֣יךְha.mam.Likhwho made kingH4427 →
אֹת֔וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhomH834 →
בָּזָה֙ba.Zahhe despisedH959 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אָ֣לָת֔וֹ'a.la.Tooath hisH423 →
וַאֲשֶׁ֥רva.'a.Sherand whomH834 →
הֵפֵ֖רhe.Ferhe brokeH6565 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בְּרִית֑וֹbe.ri.Tocovenant hisH1285 →
אִתּ֥וֹ'i.Towith himH854 →
בְתוֹךְ־ve.tokh-in [the] midst ofH8432 →
בָּבֶ֖לba.VelBabylonH894 →
יָמֽוּת׃ya.Muthe will dieH4191 →

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Ezekiel 12:13But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.Jeremiah 52:11Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.Jeremiah 34:21And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.Ezekiel 16:59For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.Exodus 20:7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.2 Samuel 21:2At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)Jeremiah 32:4–5Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.Psalms 15:4who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,Zechariah 5:3–4Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.Ezekiel 17:18–19He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!’Ezekiel 17:13He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,Numbers 30:2If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.2 Kings 24:17Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.Jeremiah 39:7Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.Exodus 8:2But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.Joshua 9:20This is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”1 Samuel 30:15“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”Jeremiah 34:5you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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