- prince:
- That is, Zedekiah king of Judah. "The kingª shall mourn,ª° and the princeª shall be clothedª° with desolation,ª and the handsª of the peopleª of the landª shall be troubled:ª° I will doª° unto them after their way,ª¹ and according to their desertsª will I judgeª° them; and they shall knowª° that¹ I¹ [am] the LORD.ª" {Ezk 7:27} + "And hath takenª° of the king'sª seed,ª¹ and madeª° a covenantª with¹ him, and hath takenª° an oathª of him: he hath also takenª° the mightyª of the land:ª ... And all¹ his fugitivesª with all¹ his bandsª shall fallª° by the sword,ª and they that remainª° shall be scatteredª° toward all¹ winds:ª and ye shall knowª° that¹ I¹ the LORDª have spokenª° [it]." {Ezk 17:13-21} + "And thou,¹ profaneª wickedª princeª of Israel,ª whose¹ dayª is come,ª° whenª iniquityª [shall have] an end,ª ... I will¹ overturn,ª overturn,ª overturn,ª it: and¹ it¹ shall be²°¹ no¹ [more], until¹ he comeª° whose¹ rightª it is; and I will giveª° it [him]." {Ezk 21:25-27} + "And afterward,ª¹ saithª° the LORD,ª I will deliverª°¹ Zedekiahª kingª of Judah,ª and his servants,ª and the people,ª and such as are leftª° in this¹ cityª from¹ the pestilence,ª from¹ the sword,ª and from¹ the famine,ª into the handª of Nebuchadrezzarª kingª of Babylon,ª and into the handª of their enemies,ª° and into the handª of those that seekª° their life:ª and he shall smiteª° them with the edgeª of the sword;ª he shall not¹ spareª°¹ them, neither¹ have pity,ª° nor¹ have mercy.ª°" {Jer 21:7} + "And as the evilª figs,ª which¹ cannot¹ be eaten,ª° they are so evil;ª¹ surely¹ thus¹ saithª° the LORD,ª So¹ will I giveª°¹ Zedekiahª the kingª of Judah,ª and his princes,ª and the residueª of Jerusalem,ª that remainª° in this¹ land,ª and them that dwellª° in the landª of Egypt:ª" {Jer 24:8} + "But if¹ thou wilt not¹ go forthª° to¹ the kingª of Babylon'sª princes,ª then shall this¹ cityª be givenª° into the handª of the Chaldeans,ª and they shall burnª° it with fire,ª and thou¹ shalt not¹ escape¹ out²° of their hand.ª¹" {Jer 38:18}
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