Ezekiel 17:14
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant.

Young's Literal Translation
That the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant—that it may stand.

King James Bible
That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, [but] that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

Hebrew
so that the kingdom
מַמְלָכָ֣ה (mam·lā·ḵāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4467: Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign

would be
לִֽהְיוֹת֙ (lih·yō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

brought low,
שְׁפָלָ֔ה (šə·p̄ā·lāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 8217: Depressed

unable
לְבִלְתִּ֖י (lə·ḇil·tî)
Preposition-l
Strong's 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

to lift itself up,
הִתְנַשֵּׂ֑א (hiṯ·naś·śê)
Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

keeping
לִשְׁמֹ֥ר (liš·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

his covenant
בְּרִית֖וֹ (bə·rî·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1285: A covenant

to survive.
לְעָמְדָֽהּ׃ (lə·‘ā·mə·ḏāh)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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