The Meaning of Ezekiel 17:18 Explained

Ezekiel 17:18

KJV: Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

YLT: And he despised the oath -- to break covenant, And lo, he hath given his hand, And all these he hath done, he escapeth not.

Darby: He despised the oath, and broke the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, yet hath he done all these things: he shall not escape.

ASV: For he hath despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet hath done all these things; he shall not escape.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Seeing he despised  the oath  by breaking  the covenant,  when, lo, he had given  his hand,  and hath done  all these [things], he shall not escape. 

What does Ezekiel 17:18 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 17

1  Under the parable of two eagles and a vine
11  is shown God's judgment upon Jerusalem for revolting from Babylon to Egypt
22  God promises to plant the cedar of the Gospel

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 17:18 mean?

Since he despised the oath by breaking the covenant and in fact gave his hand and all these [things] still did not he shall escape -
וּבָזָ֥ה אָלָ֖ה לְהָפֵ֣ר בְּרִ֑ית וְהִנֵּ֨ה נָתַ֥ן יָד֛וֹ וְכָל־ אֵ֥לֶּה עָשָׂ֖ה לֹ֥א יִמָּלֵֽט ס

וּבָזָ֥ה  Since  he  despised 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּזָה 
Sense: to despise, hold in contempt, disdain.
אָלָ֖ה  the  oath 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אָלָה  
Sense: oath.
לְהָפֵ֣ר  by  breaking 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: פָּרַר 
Sense: to break, frustrate.
בְּרִ֑ית  the  covenant 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּרִית  
Sense: covenant, alliance, pledge.
וְהִנֵּ֨ה  and  in  fact 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
נָתַ֥ן  gave 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
יָד֛וֹ  his  hand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
וְכָל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
אֵ֥לֶּה  these  [things] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
עָשָׂ֖ה  still  did 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
יִמָּלֵֽט  he  shall  escape 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָלַט 
Sense: to slip away, escape, deliver, save, be delivered.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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