Ezekiel 17:5

And he took of the seed of the land, and sowed it in a field planted by much water; he set it in a conspicuous place.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 ends of the tender twigs, and brought them into the land of Canaan; he laid them up in a walled city.

6And it sprang up, and became a weak and little vine, so that the branches thereof appeared upon it, and its roots were under it: and it became a vine, and put forth shoots, and sent forth its tendrils.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:7For the Lord thy God will bring thee into a good and extensive land, where there are torrents of waters, and fountains of deep places issuing through the plains and through the mountains:

Isaiah 15:7Shall Moab even thus be delivered? for I will bring the Arabians upon the valley, and they shall take it.

Jeremiah 37:1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

Ezekiel 19:11And she became a rod for a tribe of princes, and was elevated in her bulk in the midst of other trees, and she saw her bulk in the multitude of her 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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