Ezekiel 17:14

King James Version (KJV)

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

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

That the kingdom might be base - Have no political consequence, and at last sink into a miserable government under Gedaliah.

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Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary

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; and God will the more surely and severely punish it. The Lord will not hold those guiltless who take his name in vain; and no man shall escape the righteous judgment of God who dies under unrepented guilt.

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Ellen G. White
This Day With God, 342.8

God is seeking to prepare His people to bear fruit to His glory. Paul says, “We are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building” (1 Corinthians 3:9).—Manuscript 67, November 29, 1900, “Words of Instruction to the Church.” TDG 342.8

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