{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/tsk/eze017.htm","path":"bib/cmt/tsk/eze017.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/tsk/eze017.htm","text":"Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880]\nOverview\nEze 17:1, Under the parable of two eagles and a vine, Eze 17:11. is shewn God's judgment upon Jerusalem for revolting from Babylon to Egypt; Eze 17:22, God promises to plant the cedar of the Gospel.\nEze 20:49; Jdg 9:8-15, Jdg 14:12-19; Sa2 12:1-4; Hos 12:10; Mat 13:13, Mat 13:14, Mat 13:35; Mar 4:33, Mar 4:34; Co1 13:12\nA great: Nebuchadnezzar, so called from his towering ambition and rapaciousness. Eze 17:7, Eze 17:12-21; Deu 28:49; Jer 4:13, Jer 48:40, Jer 49:16; Lam 4:19; Hos 8:1; Mat 24:28\ngreat wings: Extensive empire, both in length and breadth. Dan 2:38, Dan 4:22, Dan 7:4\nfull: Numerous subjects, of various nations, and of different languages and manners.\ndivers colours: Heb. embroidering\ncame: Came against Judah and Jerusalem. Eze 17:12; Kg2 24:10-16; Ch2 36:9, Ch2 36:10; Jer 22:23-28, Jer 24:1\nthe highest: Jeconiah, whom he took captive to Babylon.\nthe cedar: The royal and ancient family of David.\nthe top: The princes of Judah.\ninto: Isa 43:14, Isa 47:15; Jer 51:13; Rev 18:3, Rev 18:11-19\na land: Chaldea\na city: Babylon, which by means of the Euphrates and Tigris, had communications with the richest and most distant nations.\nthe seed: Zedekiah, brother to Jeconiah. Eze 17:13; Kg2 24:17; Jer 37:1\nplanted it in a fruitful field: Heb. put it in a field of seed, Made him king of Judea. Deu 8:7-9\nhe placed: Made him dependent on Babylon, the city of great waters, as the willow is on humidity. Eze 19:11, Eze 19:12; Isa 15:7, Isa 44:4\nit grew: Eze 17:14; Pro 16:18, Pro 16:19\nwhose: The Jewish state had then no height of dominion; and Zedekiah was wholly dependent on Nebuchadnezzar.\nanother: Pharaoh-hophra, or Apries, king of Egypt. Eze 17:15; Kg2 24:20; Ch2 26:13; Jer 37:5-7\ndid bend: Looked to him for support, in his intended rebellion.\nsoil: Heb. field, Eze 17:5, Eze 17:6\nand that: Though he was dependent on Babylon, yet he was in such a situation as would have enabled him to reign in credit, and be useful to his people.\nShall it: Shall he succeed in casting off the yoke of the king of Babylon, to whom he had sworn fealty? Eze 17:10,Eze 17:15-17; Num 14:41; Ch2 13:12, Ch2 20:20; Isa 8:9, Isa 8:10, Isa 30:1-7, Isa 31:1-3; Jer 32:5\nshall he: He shall come and dethrone him, and carry him captive. Kg2 25:4-7; Jer 21:4-7, Jer 24:8-10, Jer 29:4-7, Jer 52:7-11\nthe fruit: The children of Zedekiah.\neven: Jer 37:10\nshall it: Eze 19:12-14; Hos 12:1, Hos 13:15; Mat 21:19; Mar 11:20; Joh 15:6; Jde 1:12\nto the: Eze 2:5, Eze 2:8, Eze 3:9, Eze 12:9; Isa 1:2\nKnow: Eze 24:19; Exo 12:26; Deu 6:20; Jos 4:6, Jos 4:21; Mat 13:51, Mat 15:16, Mat 15:17, Mat 16:11; Mar 4:13; Luk 9:45; Act 8:30\nBehold: Eze 17:3, Eze 1:2; Kg2 24:10-16; Ch2 36:9, Ch2 36:10; Jer 22:24-28\nand led: Isa 39:7; Jer 52:31-34\nhath taken: Eze 17:5; Kg2 24:17; Jer 37:1\ntaken an oath of him: Heb. brought him to an oath, Ch2 36:13; Jer 5:2\nhe hath also: Kg2 24:15, Kg2 24:16; Jer 24:1, Jer 29:2\nthe kingdom: Eze 17:6, Eze 29:14; Deu 28:43; Sa1 2:7, Sa1 2:30; Neh 9:36, Neh 9:37; Lam 5:10; Mat 22:17-21\nbase: Or, low; a tributary kingdom, dependent on the king of Babylon.\nbut that by keeping of his covenant it might stand: Heb. to keep his covenant, to stand to it, Jer 27:12-17, Jer 38:17\nhe rebelled: Eze 17:7; Kg2 24:20; Ch2 36:13; Jer 52:3\nin: Deu 17:16; Isa 30:1-4, Isa 31:1-3, Isa 36:6-9; Jer 37:5-7\nShall he prosper: Eze 17:9; Deu 29:12-15; Jer 22:29, Jer 22:30\nshall he escape: Eze 17:18, Eze 21:25; Pro 19:5; Jer 32:4, Jer 34:3, Jer 38:18, Jer 38:23; Mat 23:33; Heb 2:3\nor shall: Psa 55:23\nwhose oath: Eze 17:18, Eze 17:19, Eze 16:59; Exo 20:7; Num 30:2; Jos 9:20; Sa2 21:2; Psa 15:4; Exo 8:2; Hos 10:4; Zac 5:3, Zac 5:4; Mal 3:5; Rom 1:31; Ti1 1:10; Ti2 3:3\neven: Eze 17:10, Eze 12:13; Jer 32:4, Jer 32:5, Jer 34:3-5, Jer 39:7, Jer 52:11\nshall: Eze 29:6, Eze 29:7; Isa 36:6; Jer 37:7; Lam 4:17\nby: Eze 4:2; Jer 33:5, Jer 52:4\nSeeing: Though Zedekiah's oath had been given to a heathen, a conqueror, and a tyrant, yet God considered the violation of it a most aggravated sin against Him, and determined to punish him for it.\nhe: Ch1 29:24; Ch2 30:8 *marg. Lam 5:6\nhe shall: Eze 17:15\nsurely: Eze 21:23-27; Deu 5:11; Jer 5:2, Jer 5:9, Jer 7:9-15\nI will spread: Eze 12:13, Eze 32:3; Jos 10:16-18; Sa2 18:9; Ch2 33:11; Job 10:16; Ecc 9:12; Jer 39:5-7; Lam 1:13, Lam 4:20; Hos 7:12; Luk 21:35\nplead: Eze 20:35, Eze 20:36, Eze 38:22; Jer 2:9, Jer 2:35, Jer 50:44; Hos 2:2; Mic 6:2\nall his fugitives: Eze 5:12, Eze 12:14; Kg2 25:5, Kg2 25:11; Jer 48:44, Jer 52:8; Amo 9:1, Amo 9:9, Amo 9:10\nshall know: Eze 6:7, Eze 6:10, Eze 13:14, Eze 13:23, Eze 15:7; Isa 26:11\nhighest: Eze 34:29; Psa 80:15; Isa 4:2, Isa 11:1-5; Jer 23:5, Jer 23:6, Jer 33:15, Jer 33:16; Zac 3:8; Zac 4:12-14, Zac 6:12, Zac 6:13\na tender: Isa 53:2\nupon: Eze 20:40, Eze 40:2; Psa 2:6, Psa 72:16; Isa 2:2, Isa 2:3; Dan 2:35, Dan 2:44, Dan 2:45; Mic 4:1\nand it: Psa 92:12, Psa 92:13; Isa 27:6; Joh 12:24, Joh 15:5-8\nunder: Eze 31:6; Gen 49:10; Psa 22:27-30, Psa 72:8-11; Isa 2:2, Isa 11:6-10, Isa 49:18; Isa 60:4-12; Dan 4:10-14, Dan 4:21-23; Hos 14:7; Mat 13:32, Mat 13:47, Mat 13:48; Luk 14:21-23; Act 10:11, Act 10:12; Gal 3:28; Col 3:11; Rev 11:15\nall the trees: Psa 96:11, Psa 96:12; Isa 55:12, Isa 55:13\nhave brought: Sa1 2:7, Sa1 2:8; Job 5:11, Job 40:12; Psa 75:6, Psa 75:7, Psa 89:38, Psa 89:45; Isa 2:13, Isa 2:14, Isa 9:6, Isa 9:7; Isa 11:1-9, Isa 26:5; Amo 9:11; Luk 1:33, Luk 1:52, Luk 1:53; Co1 1:27, Co1 1:28\nI the Lord have spoken: Eze 12:25, Eze 22:14, Eze 24:14; Mat 24:35; Luk 21:33","title":"Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge: Ezekiel: Ezekiel Chapte...","type":"page"}