the kingdom

Ezekiel 17:6
It sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in height with branches turned toward him; yet its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and yielded branches, and sent out shoots.

Ezekiel 29:14
I will restore Egypt from captivity and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom.

Deuteronomy 28:43
The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.

1 Samuel 2:7, 30
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts. . . .

Nehemiah 9:36, 37
So here we are today, slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and its goodness. And here we are as slaves! . . .

Lamentations 5:10
Our skin is as hot as an oven because of the burning of famine.

Matthew 22:17-21
So tell us what You think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?" . . .

base.

Jeremiah 27:12-17
And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: "Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live! . . .

Jeremiah 38:17
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "This is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.