The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 17:15

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That they might give him horses. The "chariots and horses" of Egypt seem, throughout its whole history, to have been its chief element of strength. See for the time of Moses (Exodus 14:7), of Solomon (1 Kings 10:28, 1 Kings 10:29), of Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 12:3), of Hezekiah (Isaiah 31:1 : Isaiah 36:9).

Shall he prosper? What had been asked in the parable is asked also, in identical terms, in the interpretation. Ezekiel presses home the charge of perfidy as well as rebellion. Like Jeremiah, he looks on Nebuchadnezzar as reigning by a Divine right.

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