Revised Version 1895

Ezekiel 17:13-19

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?

16As Iliveחַי־chai-H2416, saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136,surelyH4191in theplaceבִּמְקוֹם֙bim.kOmH4725whereH834thekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428dwelleth thatmadeH834himkingH4428,whoseH834oathאָ֣לָת֔וֹ'a.la.ToH423hedespisedבָּזָה֙ba.ZahH959, andwhoseH834covenantבְּרִית֑וֹbe.ri.ToH1285he brake,evenלֹ֗אLo'H3808with him in themidstבְתוֹךְ־ve.tokh-H8432ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894he shalldieיָמֽוּת׃ya.MutH4191.

17Neitherוְלֹא֩ve.Lo'H3808shallPharaohפַרְעֹה֙far.'OhH6547with hismightyH1419armyבְחַ֨יִלve.Cha.yilH2428andgreatH1419companyוּבְקָהָ֣לu.ve.ka.HalH6951makeיַעֲשֶׂ֨הya.'a.SehH6213for him in thewarבַּמִּלְחָמָ֔הba.mil.cha.MahH4421, when theycastבִּשְׁפֹּ֥ךְbish.PokhH8210upH1129mounts andbuildוּבִבְנ֣וֹתu.viv.NotH1129forts, tocutלְהַכְרִ֖יתle.hakh.RitH3772offH3772manyH7227personsנְפָשׁ֥וֹתne.fa.ShotH5315.

18For he hathdespisedוּבָזָ֥הu.va.ZahH959theoathאָלָ֖ה'a.LahH423by breaking thecovenantבְּרִ֑יתbe.RitH1285; andbeholdוְהִנֵּ֨הve.hi.NehH2009, he hadgivenנָתַ֥ןna.TanH5414hishandיָד֛וֹya.DoH3027, and yet hathdoneעָשָׂ֖ה'a.SahH6213allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605theseאֵ֥לֶּה'E.lehH428things; he shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808escapeיִמָּלֵֽט׃ סyi.ma.LetH4422.

19Thereforethusכֹּה־koh-H3541saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136: As Iliveחַי־chai-H2416,surelyאִם־'im-H518mineoathאָֽלָתִי֙'a.la.TiH423that he hathdespisedבָּזָ֔הba.ZahH959, and mycovenantוּבְרִיתִ֖יu.ve.ri.TiH1285that he hath broken, I willevenלֹ֗אLo'H3808bringוּנְתַתִּ֖יוu.ne.ta.TivH5414it upon his ownheadבְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃be.ro.ShoH7218.

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