New King James Version
Ezekiel 17:17
17Nor will Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company do anything in the war, when they heap up a siege mound and build a wall to cut off many persons.
Ezekiel 17:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:
- New International Version (NIV)Pharaoh with his mighty army and great horde will be of no help to him in war, when ramps are built and siege works erected to destroy many lives.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in war, when mounds are cast up and siege walls built to cut off many lives.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Pharaoh and all his mighty army will fail to help Israel when the king of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem again and destroys many lives.
Context of Ezekiel 17:17
15But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still be delivered? 16‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke—with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. Nor will Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company do anything in the war, when they heap up a siege mound and build a wall to cut off many persons. 18Since he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and in fact gave his hand and still did all these things, he shall not escape.’ ” 19Therefore thus says the Lord God: “As I live, surely My oath which he despised, and My covenant which he broke, I will recompense on his own head.
Read all of Ezekiel 17Ezekiel 17:17 word by word
וְלֹא֩ בְחַ֨יִל גָּד֜וֹל וּבְקָהָ֣ל רָ֗ב יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה אוֹת֤וֹ פַרְעֹה֙ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה בִּשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ סֹלְלָ֖ה וּבִבְנ֣וֹת דָּיֵ֑ק לְהַכְרִ֖ית נְפָשׁ֥וֹת רַבּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Neither shall Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
- mightyגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
- armyחַ֫יִלchayil · armyH2428
- and greatרַבrab · manyH7227
- companyקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
- makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- for him in the warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
- by casting upשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: build siege moundH8210
- mountsסֹלְלָהsôlelâh sôlelâh · moundH5550
- and buildingבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
- fortsדָּיֵקdâyêq · siegeworkH1785
- to cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
- personsנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
People and places in Ezekiel 17:17
Cross-references for Ezekiel 17:17
- Ezekiel 29:6“Then all the inhabitants of Egypt Shall know that I am the Lord, Because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
- Isaiah 36:6Look! You are trusting in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
- Jeremiah 37:7“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Thus you shall say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: “Behold, Pharaoh’s army which has come up to help you will return to Egypt, to their own land.
- Lamentations 4:17Still our eyes failed us, Watching vainly for our help; In our watching we watched For a nation that could not save us.
- Ezekiel 4:2Lay siege against it, build a siege wall against it, and heap up a mound against it; set camps against it also, and place battering rams against it all around.
- Jeremiah 33:5‘They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but only to fill their places with the dead bodies of men whom I will slay in My anger and My fury, all for whose wickedness I have hidden My face from this city.
- Jeremiah 52:4Now it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 17:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17To cast up mounts and build forts - was the business not of the relieving but of the besieging army. Translate it: when men cast up mounts and build forts to destroy many persons.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 The parable is explained, and the particulars of the history of the Jewish nation at that time may be traced. Zedekiah had been ungrateful to his benefactor, which is a sin against God. In every solemn oath, God is appealed to as a witness of the sincerity of him that swears. Truth is a debt owing to all men. If the professors of the true religion deal treacherously with those of a false religion, their profession makes their sin the worse…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-18The first eagle represents Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. The cedar sprig represents Jehoiachin, whom Nebuchadnezzar took away to Babylon. The plant that later grew into a low vine represents Zedekiah. The second eagle represents Egypt. Zedekiah asked Egypt for help because he wanted to break free from Babylon’s rule. The hot east wind represents judgment from Babylon. This wind pulled up and dried out Jerusalem. In other words, Babylon destroyed the…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Pharaoh--Pharaoh-hophra (Jr 37:7; 44:30), the successor of Necho (2Ki 23:29). Neither ... make for him--literally, "effect (anything) with him," that is, be of any avail to Zedekiah. Pharaoh did not act in concert with him, for he was himself compelled to retire to Egypt. by casting up mounts, &c.--So far from Pharaoh doing so for Jerusalem, this was what Nebuchadnezzar did against it (Jr 52:4). Calvin Maurer, &c., refer it to Nebuchadnezzar, "when…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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