Ezekiel 17:18

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He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Though he gave his hand in pledge, he did all these things. He will not escape!

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  • 1 Chr 29:24 : 24 All the officials, the mighty men, and all of King David’s sons pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.
  • 2 Chr 30:8 : 8 Now do not harden your necks as your ancestors did. Submit to the LORD; come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
  • Lam 5:6 : 6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

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  • Ezek 17:19-20
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    19Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, My oath which he despised and My covenant which he broke, I will bring upon his own head.

    20I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the unfaithfulness he committed against Me.

  • Ezek 17:13-17
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    13He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under an oath. Then he carried away the leaders of the land.

    14This kingdom was made humble so that it would not exalt itself, and so that by keeping its covenant, it might stand firm.

    15But he rebelled against him by sending his messengers to Egypt to obtain horses and a great army. Will he prosper? Will he escape if he does such things? Can a person break a covenant and still escape?

    16As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, in the place where the king who made him king resides—whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke—there in Babylon he will die.

    17Pharaoh and his mighty army and great company will not help him in battle, when mounds are heaped up and siege walls are built to destroy many people.

  • Ezek 16:59
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    59For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you as you have done, since you despised the oath by breaking the covenant.

  • Ps 55:20
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    20God will hear and humble them—He who is enthroned from of old—Selah. They do not change and do not fear God.

  • Jer 34:18
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    18The men who violated my covenant and did not keep the terms of the covenant they made before me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two and walked between its pieces.

  • Ezek 18:17-18
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    17He refrains from harming the poor, does not lend at interest or take a profit, and obeys my rules and walkthroughs my statutes. Such a person will not die for his father's sins; he will surely live.

    18But his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his own people, and did what was not good among them—behold, he will die for his iniquity.

  • Ezek 22:13-14
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    13See, I will strike my hands together in anger at the dishonest gain you have made and the bloodshed that has been done in your midst.

    14Will your heart stand firm? Will your hands be strong when I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.

  • Ezek 18:11-14
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    11even though the father did none of them: He eats at the mountain shrines, defiles his neighbor’s wife,

    12oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, looks to idols, and does detestable things,

    13He lends at interest and takes a profit. Will such a person live? He will not! Because he has committed all these abominations, he will surely be put to death, and his blood will be on his own head.

    14Now suppose this person has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed. Though he sees them, he does not do such things:

  • Num 15:31
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    31Because they have despised the word of the Lord and broken His commandment, they must be cut off completely. Their guilt remains on them.

  • Num 30:2
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    2Moses spoke to the leaders of the tribes of Israel, saying, 'This is what the LORD has commanded:'

  • Job 27:22
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    22It hurls itself against him without mercy; he flees desperately from its power.

  • Ezek 18:24
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    24But if a righteous person turns away from their righteousness and commits sin, doing the same detestable things the wicked do, will they live? None of the righteous deeds they have done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.

  • Lev 26:15
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    15and if you reject my statutes and if your soul loathes my judgments so that you do not carry out all my commandments and thus break my covenant,

  • Jer 11:3
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    3Say to them, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the one who does not listen to the words of this covenant.

  • Ezek 21:23
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    23Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • Ezek 18:26
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    26If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin, they will die for it; because of the sin they have committed, they will die.

  • Dan 11:42
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    42He will extend his power over many lands, and the land of Egypt will not escape.

  • Dan 11:22-23
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    22Then the armed forces shall be swept away before him and broken, including the prince of the covenant.

    23After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully. He will rise to power with only a few people.

  • Isa 33:8
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    8The highways are deserted; travelers have ceased. Covenants are broken, cities are despised, and no one cares about humanity.

  • Exod 22:11
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    11But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, restitution must be made to the owner.

  • Ezek 31:11
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    11I handed it over to a mighty ruler among the nations; he dealt with it according to its wickedness. I drove it out.

  • Dan 11:18
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    18Then he will turn his attention to the coastlands and will capture many. However, a commander will put an end to his arrogance and will repay him for his scorn.

  • Lev 5:4
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    4Or if someone makes a rash oath to do something evil or good, whatever they may rashly utter with an oath, and it is hidden from them, but they later realize it, they are guilty in one of these cases.

  • Ps 44:17
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    17This is from the taunts of those who insult and revile, from the presence of the enemy and the avenger.

  • Ezek 18:22
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    22None of the offenses they have committed will be remembered against them. Because of the righteousness they have practiced, they will live.

  • Prov 17:18
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    18A person who lacks sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for their neighbor.

  • Ezek 3:20
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    20Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and does wrong, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die in his sin. His righteous acts will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood.

  • Ps 89:39
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    39But you have rejected and spurned; you have been furious with your anointed one.

  • Ezek 15:8
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    8I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Zech 5:3
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    3Then he said to me, 'This is the curse that is going out over the whole land: for everyone who steals will be judged according to what is written on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be judged according to what is written on the other side.'

  • Deut 29:25
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    25They turned to other gods and worshiped and bowed down to them, gods they did not know and gods the LORD had not given to them.'

  • Isa 30:14
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    14'Its collapse will be like that of a jar shattered into pieces so small that no fragment can be used to scoop fire from the hearth or draw water from a cistern.'

  • Ezek 18:28
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    28Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, they will surely live; they will not die.

  • Jer 5:11
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    11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been thoroughly unfaithful to Me, declares the Lord.

  • Prov 6:15
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    15Therefore his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant, he will be broken beyond healing.

  • Heb 8:9
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    9It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and so I turned away from them, declares the Lord.

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    11The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

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    7But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they dealt treacherously with Me.

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    15Because you have said, 'We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, it will not reach us, for we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.'