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Ezekiel 17:15

King James Version (KJV)

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

Ezekiel 17:15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ezekiel 17:15

Theological / Devotional

Horses. From the Eighteenth Dynasty onward chariots were standard military equipment of the Egyptian armies (see on Exodus 14:7; 1 Kings 10:28, 29; cf. 2 Chronicles 12:2, 3; Isaiah 31:1 ; 36:9).

Shall he escape? The perfidy of Zedekiah in violating the sworn covenant of fealty, in addition to his other great wickedness, could not be overlooked. On the sanctity of an oath see Joshua 9; 2 Samuel 21:1, 2.

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