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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 17:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 17:12 |
Strong Concordance |
Say [0559] now to the rebellious [04805] house [01004], Know [03045] ye not what these things mean? tell [0559] them, Behold, the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] is come [0935] to Jerusalem [03389], and hath taken [03947] the king [04428] thereof, and the princes [08269] thereof, and led [0935] them with him to Babylon [0894]; |
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King James |
Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Know ye not--He upbraided them with moral, leading to intellectual, stupidity.
hath taken the king--Jeconiah or Jehoiachin (Kg2 24:11, Kg2 24:12-16). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Know ye not what these things mean? - They are explained in this and the following verses. |
12 And Jehoiachin [03078] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] went out [03318] to the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], he, and his mother [0517], and his servants [05650], and his princes [08269], and his officers [05631]: and the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] took [03947] him in the eighth [08083] year [08141] of his reign [04427].
13 And he carried out [03318] thence all the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004], and cut in pieces [07112] all the vessels [03627] of gold [02091] which Solomon [08010] king [04428] of Israel [03478] had made [06213] in the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], as the LORD [03068] had said [01696].
14 And he carried away [01540] all Jerusalem [03389], and all the princes [08269], and all the mighty men [01368] of valour [02428], even ten [06235] thousand [0505] captives [01540], and all the craftsmen [02796] and smiths [04525]: none remained [07604], save [02108] the poorest sort [01803] of the people [05971] of the land [0776].
15 And he carried away [01540] Jehoiachin [03078] to Babylon [0894], and the king's [04428] mother [0517], and the king's [04428] wives [0802], and his officers [05631], and the mighty [0352] [0193] of the land [0776], those carried [03212] he into captivity [01473] from Jerusalem [03389] to Babylon [0894].
16 And all the men [0582] of might [02428], even seven [07651] thousand [0505], and craftsmen [02796] and smiths [04525] a thousand [0505], all that were strong [01368] and apt [06213] for war [04421], even them the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] brought [0935] captive [01473] to Babylon [0894].
11 And Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] came [0935] against the city [05892], and his servants [05650] did besiege [06696] it.