Ezequiel 17:14

Almeida Revista e Corrigida

para que o reino ficasse humilhado e no se levantasse; para que, guardando o seu concerto, pudesse subsistir.

Parallel Translations

A Biblia Sagrada
Para que o reino ficasse humilhado, e no se levantasse, embora, guardando a sua aliana, pudesse subsistir.

Almeida Revista e Atualizada
para que o reino ficasse humilhado e no se levantasse, mas, guardando a sua aliana, pudesse subsistir.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the kingdom: Ezekiel 17:6, Ezekiel 29:14, Deuteronomy 28:43, 1 Samuel 2:7, 1 Samuel 2:30, Nehemiah 9:36, Nehemiah 9:37, Lamentations 5:10, Matthew 22:17-21

base: Or, low; a tributary kingdom, dependent on the king of Babylon.

but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand: Heb. to keep his covenant, to stand to it, Jeremiah 27:12-17, Jeremiah 38:17

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 24:14 - the poorest sort Ezekiel 26:7 - a king Ezekiel 29:15 - the basest

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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" y; 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.

y לשמר את בריתו לעמדה "ad custodiendum pactum ejus, ad astandum ei", Montanus; "ad servandum foedus suum, ad consistendumm", Starckius.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 17:14. That the kingdom might be base — Have no political consequence, and at last sink into a miserable government under Gedaliah.