Ezekiel 17:14
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That it may be a low kingdom and not lift itself up, but keep his covenant and observe it.

the kingdom

Ezekiel 17:6 And it sprung up and grew into a spreading vine of low stature, and the branches thereof looked towards him: and the roots thereof were under him. So it became a vine, and grew into branches, and shot forth sprigs.

Ezekiel 29:14 And I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will place them in the land of Phatures, in the land of their nativity, and they shall be there a low kingdom:

Deuteronomy 28:43 The stranger that liveth with thee in the land, shall rise up over thee, and shall be higher: and thou shalt go down, and be lower.

1 Samuel 2:7,30 The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth: . . .

Nehemiah 9:36,37 Behold we ourselves this day are bondmen: and the land, which thou gavest our fathers, to eat the bread thereof, and the good things thereof, and we ourselves are servants in it. . . .

Lamentations 5:10 Our skin was burnt as an oven, by reason of the violence of the famine.

Matthew 22:17-21 Tell us therefore what dost thou think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? . . .

base.

Jeremiah 27:12-17 And I spoke to Sedecias the king of Juda according to all these words, saying: Bend down your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, and his people, and you shall live. . . .

Jeremiah 38:17 And Jeremiah said to Sedecias: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: If thou wilt take a resolution and go out to the princes of the king of Babylon, thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burnt with fire: and thou shalt be safe, and thy house.

Context
The Parable Explained
13And 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, 14That it may be a low kingdom and not lift itself up, but keep his covenant and observe it.15But he hath revolted from him and sent ambassadors to Egypt, that it might give him horses, and much people. And shall he that hath done thus prosper, or be saved? and shall he escape that hath broken the covenant?…
Cross References
Ezekiel 29:14
And I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will place them in the land of Phatures, in the land of their nativity, and they shall be there a low kingdom:

Ezekiel 29:15
It shall be the lowest among other kingdoms, and it shall no more be exalted over the nations, and I will diminish them that they shall rule no more over the nations.

Lexicon
so that the kingdom
מַמְלָכָ֣ה (mam·lā·ḵāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4467: Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign

would be
לִֽהְיוֹת֙ (lih·yō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

brought low,
שְׁפָלָ֔ה (šə·p̄ā·lāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8217: Depressed

unable
לְבִלְתִּ֖י (lə·ḇil·tî)
Preposition-l
Strong's Hebrew 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

to lift itself up,
הִתְנַשֵּׂ֑א (hiṯ·naś·śê)
Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

keeping
לִשְׁמֹ֥ר (liš·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

his covenant
בְּרִית֖וֹ (bə·rî·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1285: A covenant

to survive.
לְעָמְדָֽהּ׃ (lə·‘ā·mə·ḏāh)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5975: To stand, in various relations


Additional Translations
so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, keeping his covenant to survive.That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

that it may become a weak kingdom, so as never to lift itself up, that he may keep his covenant, and establish it.

that the kingdom might be abased, that it might not lift itself up, that it might keep his covenant in order to stand.

that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

That the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant -- that it may stand.
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