NET Bible
"He took one from the royal family, made a treaty with him, and put him under oath. He then took the leaders of the land"
— Ezekiel 17:13, NET Bible
“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:”
“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; ”
“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;”
“And he shall take one of the king's seed, and make a covenant with him, and take an oath of him. Yea, and he shall take away the mighty men of the land,”
“And he took one of the sons of the king and made an agreement with him; and he put him under an oath, and took away the great men of the land:”
“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:”
Consider! It is planted, but will it prosper? Will it not wither completely when the east wind blows on it? Will it not wither in the soil where it sprouted?’”
Then LORD’s message came to me:
“Say to the rebellious house of Israel:‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ Say:‘See here, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took her king and her officials prisoner and brought them to himself in Babylon.
He took one from the royal family, made a treaty with him, and put him under oath. He then took the leaders of the land
so it would be a lowly kingdom which could not rise on its own but must keep its treaty with him in order to stand.
But this one from Israel’s royal family rebelled against the king of Babylon by sending his emissaries to Egypt to obtain horses and a large army. Will he prosper? Will the one doing these things escape? Can he break the covenant and escape?
“‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, surely in the city of the king who crowned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke– in the middle of Babylon he will die!