Ezekiel 17:18
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For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageBabylon was the Mesopotamian empire that deported Judah’s king; Jerusalem, in Canaan, was Judah’s capital, while Lebanon supplied the cedar imagery for its royal house. Egypt was the rival power to which Zedekiah turned for help, breaking his oath to Babylon and bringing judgment.
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Ezekiel 17:18 mentions Babylon, Canaan, Egypt, Jerusalem and Lebanon.
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