Ezequiel 17:14

14 Esto lo hizo para humillar a Judá. Así le impidió sublevarse y lo obligó a cumplir el tratado para poder subsistir.

Ezequiel 17:14 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 17:14

That the kingdom might be base
Low or humble; its king but a viceroy, a tributary to the king of Babylon; and the subjects obliged to a tax, payable to him; and this is intended by the vine being of "low stature", ( Ezekiel 17:6 ) ; that it might not lift up itself;
above other neighbouring kingdoms and states; and particularly that it might not rebel against Nebuchadnezzar, but be kept in a dependence on him, and subjection to him: [but] that by keeping of his covenant it might stand;
continue a kingdom, and Zedekiah king of it; so that it was for their good that such a covenant was made, and it was their interest to keep it; for, had it not been made, it would have ceased to have been a kingdom, and would have become a province of the Babylonian monarchy, and have been put under the government of one of Nebuchadnezzar's princes or captains; and, should they break it, would endanger the ruin of their state, as the event showed. In the Hebrew text it is, "to keep his covenant, to make it stand"; or, "to stand to it" ^F25; that is, as it should seem, to make the covenant stand firm. The Targum is,

``that it might keep his covenant, and serve him;''

Nebuchadnezzar.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (hdmel wtyrb ta rmvl) "ad custodiendum pactum ejus, ad astandum ei", Montanus; "ad servandum foedus suum, ad consistendumm", Starckius.

Ezequiel 17:14 In-Context

12 «Pregúntale a este pueblo rebelde si tiene idea de lo que significa todo esto. Recuérdale que el rey de Babilonia vino a Jerusalén y se llevó a su país al rey de Judá y a sus funcionarios.

13 Luego tomó a uno de la familia real y lo obligó a firmar con él un tratado bajo juramento, y se llevó a la flor y nata del país.

14 Esto lo hizo para humillar a Judá. Así le impidió sublevarse y lo obligó a cumplir el tratado para poder subsistir.

15 Sin embargo, este príncipe se rebeló contra el rey de Babilonia, y envió mensajeros a Egipto para conseguir caballos y un numeroso ejército. ¿Y tendrá éxito y podrá escapar el que se atreva a hacer esto? ¿Acaso podrá violar el tratado y salir con vida?

16 ¡No, sino que morirá en Babilonia, el país del rey que lo nombró y con quien hizo un juramento que no cumplió, y firmó un tratado que violó! Yo, el SEÑOR omnipotente, lo juro por mí mismo.