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Ezekiel 17:20 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 20. 20And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I…” at Ezekiel 17:20 as part of “The Riddle Interprets Zedekiah's Broken Oath.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 17:11–21
The line at Ezekiel 17:20 is one step in Ezekiel 17:11–21. The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I…” at Ezekiel 17:20 as part of “The Riddle Interprets Zedekiah's Broken Oath.” Its force depends on the unit's ancient referent and what follows.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Ezekiel 17:11–21. The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I…” at Ezekiel 17:20 as part of “The Riddle Interprets Zedekiah's Broken Oath.” The literary form and this limit govern it: Condemnation of the oath-breaking king does not make every treaty sacred, excuse imperial domination, or transfer blame to later Jewish people.
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Read Ezekiel 17:11–21 — The Riddle Interprets Zedekiah's Broken OathSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 17:11–21, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 17:11–21
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