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Ezekiel 17:16

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[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.

As I live {H2416}, saith {H5002} the Lord {H136} GOD {H3069}, surely in the place {H4725} where the king {H4428} dwelleth that made him king {H4427}, whose oath {H423} he despised {H959}, and whose covenant {H1285} he brake {H6565}, even with him in the midst {H8432} of Babylon {H894} he shall die {H4191}.

"'As I live,' says Adonai ELOHIM, 'in the place where the king who gave him his throne lives, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke, there with him in Bavel I swear that he will die.

‘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.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 12:13 (5 votes)

    My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon [to] the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

  • Jeremiah 52:11 (4 votes)

    Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

  • Exodus 8:2 (2 votes)

    And if thou refuse to let [them] go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:

  • Exodus 20:7 (2 votes)

    Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

  • Jeremiah 39:7 (2 votes)

    Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.

  • Jeremiah 32:4 (2 votes)

    And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

  • Jeremiah 32:5 (2 votes)

    And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.