Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 17:1-24
Ezekiel 17. The Perfidious King.— Jerusalem, as we have seen, is to be punished for her guilty past and her perfidious people ( Ezekiel 17:16), but no less for her guilty present and her perfidious king. This truth is driven home in another allegory, here called a “ riddle” and “ parable,” set forth in Ezekiel 17:1-2 Samuel : and expounded in Ezekiel 17:11-Ecclesiastes :; and thus for the second time ( Ezekiel 12:1-Nehemiah :) Ezekiel shatters the illusion of the stability of the king and the... read more
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 17:21
“And all his fugitives in all his bands will fall by the sword, and those who remain will be scattered towards every wind, and you will know that I Yahweh have spoken it.” Those who followed Zedekiah would suffer similar fates. They would be hunted down, they would be slain with the sword, and the remainder would be scattered in all directions. They would have lost homes, wealth and means of sustenance, becoming perpetual refugees. They would be dependent on the kindness of others for their... read more