Ezekiel reiterates again that Zedekiah, even having made his solemn promise, could not succeed, since he violated the treaty. For, as we said yeste…

Seeing he despised the oath, by breaking the covenant
This is repeated again, to show the heinousne of the sin Zedek…

The parable is explained, and the particulars of the history of the Jewish nation at that time may be traced. Zedekiah had been ungrateful to his b…