Ezekiel 17:16

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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.‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.

In other translations

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.‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.

Hebrew words

חַי־chai-[by] [the] lifeH2416אָנִי'aniof meH589נְאֻםne'um[the] utterance ofH5002אֲדֹנָי'adonai[the] LordH136יְהוִהyahwehYahwehH3069אִם־'im-ifH518לֹאlo'notH3808בִּמְקוֹםbimkomin [the] place ofH4725הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428הַמַּמְלִיךְhamamlikhwho made kingH4427אֹתוֹ'oto<obj.> himH853אֲשֶׁר'asherwhomH834בָּזָהbazahhe despisedH959אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אָלָתוֹ'alatooath hisH423וַאֲשֶׁרva'asherand whomH834הֵפֵרheferhe brokeH6565אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בְּרִיתוֹberitocovenant hisH1285אִתּוֹ'itowith himH854בְתוֹךְ־vetokh-in [the] midst ofH8432בָּבֶלbavelBabylonH894יָמוּת׃yamuthe will dieH4191

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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People and places

Places: Babylon

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