Ezekiel 17:6

And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

It ... became a spreading vine of low stature - not now, as before, a stately "cedar:" the kingdom of Judah was to be prosperous, but not elevated.

Whose branches turned toward him. Expressing the fealty of Zedekiah as a vassal looking up to Nebuchadnezzar, to whom Judah owed its peace and very existence as a separate state. The "branches" mean his sons, and the other princes and nobles. The "roots under him" (the Babylonian king, answering to the "great eagle") imply that the stability of Judah depended on Babylon.

It ... brought forth branches, and ... sprigs. The repetition "branches" and "sprigs" is in order to mark the ingratitude of Zedekiah, who, not content with moderate prosperity, revolted from him to whom he had sworn allegiance.