That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsthat the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant.
That the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant--that it may stand.
that the kingdom might be abased, that it might not lift itself up, that it might keep his covenant in order to stand.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)