Ezekiel 19:11

And they served her as staves of power For the sceptres of rulers, And high became the stature thereof With its interwoven foliage,- And it was seen by its height, By its multitude of branches.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

In Context

10Thy mother [was] like a vine of thy vineyard, By waters, was planted,— Fruitful and full of branches, she became By reason of waters abundant;

12Then was she uprooted in indignation To the ground, was she cast, And an east wind, dried up her fruit,—Broken off and withered were her staves of power, A fire, devoured them.

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Cross References

Numbers 24:7He poureth forth water from his buckets, And, his seed, is among many waters,—And taller than Agag is his King, And exalted is his kingdom.

1 Kings 5:1And Hiram King of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon, for he had heard that, him, had they anointed king, in the room of his father,—for, Hiram, was, a lover, of, David continually.

Ezra 5:11And, thus, returned they, answer, to us saying,—We, are servants of the God of the heavens and the earth, and are building the house which was built these many years ago, which, a great king of Israel, built and completed.

Psalms 80:15Yea the stock which thy right hand planted, Even upon the son thou didst secure for thyself.

Psalms 110:2Thy sceptre of strength, will Yahweh extend out of Zion, Tread thou down, in the midst of thy foes.

Ezekiel 19:12Then was she uprooted in indignation To the ground, was she cast, And an east wind, dried up her fruit,—Broken off and withered were her staves of power, A fire, devoured them.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 19:11-14

The Fall of the Royal Family. ( b. c. 593.) 10 Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. 11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches. 12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire… Read the whole commentary →

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