Ezekiel 17:15
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered? But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
The rebel is Zedekiah, king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar had made king and to whom he had been made subject under solemn covenant before God to render loyal allegiance. His rebellion was sending his ambassadors into Egypt to ask for horses and many troops to help him in war, turning in the vanity of his own wisdom to Egypt, the ancient enemy of Israel's prosperity. In so seeking Egypt he broke his covenant and despised his oath, violating his solemn oath of loyal allegiance taken in the name of the Lord God of Israel and sealed with his hand.
The act betrayed every sacred trust, for he forsook the counsels of the Lord given through the prophets and forgot the debt of gratitude he owed his benefactor who made him king. In doing so he rebelled against the prophets, against his benefactor, and against God. The questions whether he shall prosper, whether he shall escape that does such things, and whether he shall break the covenant and be delivered, expect a negative answer that he would not prosper, escape, or be delivered after breaking the covenant and despising the oath.
Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company would not aid him in the war. Leading his nation to ruin, he would die in Babylon in the place where the king dwelt that made him king. His breaking of the covenant brought God's judgment that ended God's earthly kingdom, removed the diadem and crown from Israel, and left the throne of the Lord vacant on earth until He come whose right it is.