Ezekiel 17:16 says, As I live, saith the Lord God, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. God said as surely as He lived, which would mean that what He was going to say was certainty. People may not believe it, but God’s word will always be true. God said as surely as Zedekiah had despised his word when he was made the ruler over the people of by the king of Babylon that he would die in Babylon. If we refuse to believe God’s word, then we will die spiritually forever separated from His kingdom.
Veres seventeen adds, Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons: God further said that the Pharoah of Egypt with his horses and army would not save Zedekiah, even though he had put his faith in the Pharoah instead of God. Nothing that we look to for deliverance in life will ever save us but our faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.
Verse eighteen continues, 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. God said the Zedekiah was going to die in exile because he had broken his covenant with the king of Babylon after he had shaken hands with him swearing his allegiance. He had broken his vow to God even before that. If a person never accepts God’s gift of salvation, they will have to pay the penalty of their sins for themselves, but if a person has accepted His gift of salvation, even if their works are destroyed, they will always be a part of God’s kingdom. Of course, the everlasting fulfillment of this would be when Jesus Christ came to be the everlasting King,
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