“that the kingdom might be brought low, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Ezekiel 17 contains 24 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.