Ezekiel 17:12-14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Is come to Jerusalem— Came to Jerusalem, and took the king, &c. Ezekiel 17:13. And he took of the king's seed, and struck up a covenant with him, and laid him under an oath; he took also the mighty of the land. Ezekiel 17:14. That the kingdom might be in a low condition, or, in subjection, and might not lift, &c.

Ezekiel 17:12-14

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

13 And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

14 That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.