Ezekiel 17:14
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so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant.
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I will restore Egypt from captivity and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom.
It sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in height, with branches turned toward him; yet its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and yielded branches and sent out shoots.
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.
Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.
Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.