Revised Version 1895

Ezekiel 17:12-15

12Sayאֱמָר־'e.mor-H559nowנָא֙na'H4994to therebelliousהַמֶּ֔רִיha.Me.riH4805houseלְבֵ֣יתle.VeitH1004,Knowיְדַעְתֶּ֖םye.da'.TemH3045yenotהֲלֹ֥אha.Lo'H3808whatמָה־mah-H4100theseאֵ֑לֶּה'E.lehH428things mean?tellאֱמֹ֗ר'e.MorH559them,Beholdהִנֵּה־hi.neh-H2009, thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֤לba.VelH894cameבָ֨אva'H935toJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ye.ru.sha.LimH3389, andtookוַיִּקַּ֤חvai.yi.KachH3947thekingמַלְכָּהּ֙mal.KahH4428thereof, and theprincesשָׂרֶ֔יהָsa.Rei.haH8269thereof, andbroughtוַיָּבֵ֥אvai.ya.Ve'H935them to him toBabylonבָּבֶֽלָה׃ba.Ve.lahH894;

13and hetookH3947of theseedמִזֶּ֣רַעmi.Ze.ra'H2233royalהַמְּלוּכָ֔הha.me.lu.KhahH4410, andmadeוַיִּכְרֹ֥תvai.yikh.RotH3772acovenantבְּרִ֑יתbe.RitH1285with him; he alsobroughtH935himunderH935anoathבְּאָלָ֔הbe.'a.LahH423, andtookH3947awayH3947the mighty of thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776:

14that thekingdomמַמְלָכָ֣הmam.la.KhahH4467might be base, that it mightnotלְבִלְתִּ֖יle.vil.TiH1115liftH5375itselfupH5375, but that bykeepingלִשְׁמֹ֥רlish.MorH8104of hiscovenantבְּרִית֖וֹbe.ri.ToH1285it mightstandלְעָמְדָֽהּ׃le.'a.me.DahH5975.

15But herebelledוַיִּמְרָד־vai.yim.rod-H4775againstH4714him insendingלִשְׁלֹ֤חַlish.Lo.achH7971hisambassadorsמַלְאָכָיו֙mal.'a.KhavH4397intoH4714Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, that they mightgiveלָֽתֶת־la.tet-H5414himhorsesסוּסִ֖יםsu.SimH5483andmuchרָ֑בRavH7227peopleוְעַם־ve.'am-H5971. Shall heprosperהֲיִצְלָ֤חha.yitz.LachH6743? shall heescapeהֲיִמָּלֵט֙ha.yi.ma.LetH4422that doethsuchאֵ֔לֶּה'E.lehH428things? shall hebreakוְהֵפֵ֥רve.he.FerH6565thecovenantבְּרִ֖יתbe.RitH1285, and yetescapeוְנִמְלָֽט׃ve.nim.LatH4422?

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