Ezekiel 17:13
New International Version
Then he took a member of the royal family and made a treaty with him, putting him under oath. He also carried away the leading men of the land,

New Living Translation
He made a treaty with a member of the royal family and forced him to take an oath of loyalty. He also exiled Israel’s most influential leaders,

English Standard Version
And he took one of the royal offspring and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath (the chief men of the land he had taken away),

Berean Standard Bible
He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,

King James Bible
And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

New King James Version
And he took the king’s offspring, made a covenant with him, and put him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land,

New American Standard Bible
Then he took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land,

NASB 1995
‘He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land,

NASB 1977
‘And he took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land,

Legacy Standard Bible
He took one of the royal seed and cut a covenant with him and brought him under oath. He also took away the dominant one of the land,

Amplified Bible
And he took a member of the royal family [the king’s uncle, Zedekiah] and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. He also took the important leaders of the land,

Christian Standard Bible
He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he took away the leading men of the land,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he took away the leading men of the land,

American Standard Version
And he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he shall take from the seed of the kingdom and covenant a covenant with him, also he enters into an oath with him and he takes the Rulers of the land that they will not be exalted

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he shall take of the seed royal, and shall make a covenant with him, and shall bind him with an oath: and he shall take the princes of the land:

Contemporary English Version
He chose someone from the family of Judah's king and signed a treaty with him, then made him swear to be loyal. He also led away other important citizens,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he shall take one of the king's seed, and make a covenant with him, and take an oath of him. Yea, and he shall take away the mighty men of the land,

English Revised Version
and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then he took someone from the royal family, made a treaty with him, and made him promise to be loyal. He took away the leading citizens from Judah

Good News Translation
He took one of the king's family, made a treaty with him, and made him swear to be loyal. He took important men as hostages

International Standard Version
Then he took one of the royal descendants, made a covenant with him, and put him under an oath of loyalty, taking the leaders of the land captive

JPS Tanakh 1917
and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath, and the mighty of the land he took away;

Literal Standard Version
And he takes of the seed of the kingdom, | And makes a covenant with him, | And brings him into an oath, | And he has taken the mighty of the land,

Majority Standard Bible
He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,

New American Bible
After removing the nobles from the land, he then took one of the royal line And made a covenant with him, binding him under oath,

NET Bible
He took one from the royal family, made a treaty with him, and put him under oath. He then took the leaders of the land

New Revised Standard Version
He took one of the royal offspring and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath (he had taken away the chief men of the land),

New Heart English Bible
and he took of the royal family, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;

Webster's Bible Translation
And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath from him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

World English Bible
He took one of the royal offspring, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land,

Young's Literal Translation
And he taketh of the seed of the kingdom, And maketh with him a covenant, And bringeth him in to an oath, And the mighty of the land he hath taken,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Parable Explained
12“Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon. 13He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land, 14so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 11:1
Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, "Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you."

2 Kings 24:15
Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king's mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

2 Kings 24:16
The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths--all strong and fit for battle.

2 Kings 24:17
Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.

2 Chronicles 36:13
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.

Isaiah 3:2
the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,

Ezekiel 17:5
He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.


Treasury of Scripture

And has taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and has taken an oath of him: he has also taken the mighty of the land:

hath taken

Ezekiel 17:5
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

2 Kings 24:17
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

Jeremiah 37:1
And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

taken an oath of him.

2 Chronicles 36:13
And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.

Jeremiah 5:2
And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.

he hath also

2 Kings 24:15,16
And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon…

Jeremiah 24:1
The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

Jeremiah 29:2
(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)

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Ezekiel 17
1. Under the parable of two eagles and a vine
11. is shown God's judgment upon Jerusalem for revolting from Babylon to Egypt
22. God promises to plant the cedar of the Gospel
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He took
וַיִּקַּח֙ (way·yiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

a member of the royal
הַמְּלוּכָ֔ה (ham·mə·lū·ḵāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4410: Something ruled, a realm

family
מִזֶּ֣רַע (miz·ze·ra‘)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

and made
וַיִּכְרֹ֥ת (way·yiḵ·rōṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

a covenant
בְּרִ֑ית (bə·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1285: A covenant

with him,
אִתּ֖וֹ (’it·tōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

putting
וַיָּבֵ֤א (way·yā·ḇê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

him under oath.
בְּאָלָ֔ה (bə·’ā·lāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 423: An imprecation

Then he carried away
לָקָֽח׃ (lā·qāḥ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

the leading men
אֵילֵ֥י (’ê·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 352: Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree

of the land,
הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land


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