Ezekiel 17:13-15

Common English Bible

¹³ Then he took a prince from the royal line, made an agreement with him, and made him take a solemn pledge of loyalty. He also took away the land’s officials. ¹⁴ Thus it would be a lowly kingdom, not asserting its own interests but observing the agreement so that it would survive. ¹⁵ But the prince rebelled against him and sent messengers to Egypt to supply him with horses and a great army. Can such a person succeed? Can one who does these things escape? Can he overturn the agreement and escape capture?