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John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 17:14
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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That the kingdom might be base, &c.] 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”, (<261706>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”f259; 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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