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Ezekiel 17:13

Ezekiel chapter 17 · verse 13 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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;

Context

v.12Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and brought them to him to Babylon.

v.13This passage

v.14that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 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 against turning unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.

  • Jeremiah 24:1

    Jehovah showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Jehovah, 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 craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

  • Jeremiah 29:2

    (after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the eunuchs, and the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem),

  • Ezekiel 17:5

    He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow-tree.

  • Jeremiah 5:2

    And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.

  • Jeremiah 37:1

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