Ezekiel Chapter 17 Explained

Ezek 171-10 And the word of the LORD came to me saying Son of man pose a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel and say Thus says the Lord GOD. A great eagle with.

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Verse 17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons.

. As I live surely My oath which he despised and My covenant which he broke I will recompense on his own head. Ezekiel 171-2 And the word of the LORD came unto me saying Son of man put forth a riddle and speak a parable unto the house of Israel We see a break from the last prophecy in this. A great eagle with great wings longwinged full of feathers.

Yechezkel - Ezekiel - Chapter 17. 3 And say Thus saith the Lord GOD. Some explain כפנה like אספה gathered the letters of כפנה being transposed.

For he hath despised the. Zedekiah had been ungrateful to his benefactor which is a. 3 Say to them This is what the Sovereign Lord says.

Ezekiel chapter 17 Ezekiel tells a parable about two eagles. 2 Son of man put forth a riddle and speak a parable unto the house of Israel. Ezekiel 17 Commentary.

1 The word of the LORD came to me. They both try to replant Judah. I will bring him to Babylon and try him there for the treason which he committed against Me.

3 Thus says the Lord GOD. The first great eagle represents Babylon or King Nebuchadnezzar. In this chapter he is reckoning with the.

2 Son of man propose a riddle and tell this proverb to the house of Israel. The other stands for Egypt. God was in the foregoing chapter reckoning with the people of Judah and bringing ruin upon them for their treachery in breaking covenant with him.

Lets start by getting an understanding of the allegory. I will spread My net over him and he shall be taken in My snare. Read Ezekiel 1711-21 The parable is explained and the particulars of the history of the Jewish nation at that time may be traced.

Ezekiel 1717 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war by casting up mounts and building forts to cut off many persons. In this chapter he is reckoning with the. Chapter 17 A parable relative to the Jewish nation.

Ezekiel 1717 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war by casting up mounts and building forts to cut off many persons. 11-21 A direct promise of the Messiah. God was in the foregoing chapter reckoning with the people of Judah and bringing ruin upon them for their treachery in breaking covenant with him.

2 Son of man set forth an allegory and tell it to the Israelites as a parable. 1-10 to which an explanation is added. Therefore thus says the Lord GOD.

One stands for king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. 22-24 Verses 1-10 Mighty conquerors are aptly likened. 17 The word of the Lord came to me.

The riddle involves two birds eagles and a tree. The Eagles and the Vine. In the words of our Sages there is something.

The riddle is explained in the second half of the chapter so there is no mystery as to its meaning. Ezekiel 1718 Seeing he. Chapter 17 is a riddle that Ezekiel tells.

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