Eze 17:11-21 | Clarke

Ezekiel 17:11-21

Verse 12

Know ye not what these things mean? - They are explained in this and the following verses. Verse 14

That the kingdom might be base - Have no political consequence, and at last sink into a miserable government under Gedaliah. Verse 15

Sending his ambassadors into Egypt - Zedekiah must have sent his ambassadors into Egypt, between the sixth month of his sixth year, and the fifth month of his seventh year. Compare Eze 8:1, with Eze 20:1. - See Newcome. Verse 16

In the midst of Babylon he shall die - His eyes were put out; he was carried to Babylon, and never returned. Verse 18

Seeing he despised the oath - This God particularly resents. He had bound himself by oath, in the presence of Jehovah, to be faithful to the covenant that he made with Nebuchadnezzar, and he took the first opportunity to break it; therefore he shall not escape. Verse 20

I will spread my net upon him - See the note on Eze 12:13. Verse 21

All his fugitives - All who attempted to escape with him, and all that ran to Egypt, etc., shall fall by the sword.