14so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to rise again, surviving only by keeping his treaty.
14so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to rise again, surviving only by keeping his treaty.
11 Then the word of the LORD came to me:
12 "Say to this rebellious house, 'Do you not know what these things mean?' Say to them: 'The king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and carried off her king and her nobles, bringing them back with him to Babylon.
13 Then he took a member of the royal family and made a treaty with him, putting him under oath. He also carried away the leading men of the land,
14 so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to rise again, surviving only by keeping his treaty.
15 But the king rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt to get horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the treaty and yet escape?
16 " 'As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD , he shall die in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose treaty he broke.
17:14That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, [but] that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
17:14That it may be a low kingdom and not lift itself up, but keep his covenant, and observe it.
17:14that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
17:14that the kingdom might be abased, that it might not lift itself up, that it might keep his covenant in order to stand.
17:14that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
17:14That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
17:14that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
17:14That the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant — that it may stand.
17:14That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.