Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
he rebelled—God permitted this because of His wrath against Jerusalem (II Kings 24:20).
horses—in which Egypt abounded and which were forbidden to Israel to seek from Egypt, or indeed to "multiply" at all (Deuteronomy 17:16; Isaiah 31:1, Isaiah 31:3; compare Isaiah 36:9). DIODORUS SICULUS [1.45] says that the whole region from Thebes to Memphis was filled with royal stalls, so that twenty thousand chariots with two horses in each could be furnished for war.
Shall he prosper?—The third time this question is asked, with an indignant denial understood (Ezekiel 17:9-10). Even the heathen believed that breakers of an oath would not "escape" punishment.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 17:15:
Jeremiah 37:5
Jeremiah 39:5
Jeremiah 52:3
Ezekiel 17:7
Ezekiel 21:23
Ezekiel 23:18
Ezekiel 29:16
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