Ezekiel 17:5

And he took of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, he set it as a willow tree.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

In Context

4He cropped off the top of its young shoots, and carried it into a merchants' land; he set it in a city of traders.

6And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, so that its branches should turn toward him, and the roots thereof be under him; and it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:7For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of water-brooks, of springs, and of deep waters, that gush forth in the valleys and hills;

Isaiah 15:7Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, do they carry away to the torrent of the willows.

Jeremiah 37:1And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon having made him king in the land of Judah.

Ezekiel 19:11And it had strong rods for sceptres of them that bear rule, and its stature was exalted between the thick boughs; and it was conspicuous by its height with the multitude of its branches.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 17:2-22

The Parable of the Eagles; The Parable Explained; Ruin of Zedekiah Predicted. ( b. c. 593.) 1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God ; A great eagle with great wings, long-winged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: 4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of… Read the whole commentary →

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