Ezekiel 17:16 - Exposition

Ezekiel repeats the prediction of Ezekiel 12:13 . The prison in Babylon, under the eye of the king against whom he had rebelled; this was to be the outcome of the alliance with Egypt. The prophecy was probably written when the hopes of Zedekiah and his counsellors were at their highest point, when the Chaldeans had, in fact. raised the siege in anticipation of the arrival of the Egyptian army ( Jeremiah 37:5-11 ). Ezekiel, like Jeremiah ( loc . cit .) , declared that the relief would be but temporary.