And she had strong rods, powerful branches, for the scepters of them that bare rule, assuring all members of the royal race a safe position as long as they adhered to the Word of the Lord; and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, or "to the heavy clouds above," and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches, occupying a mighty position among the nations.
Verse Ezekiel 19:11. _SHE HAD STRONG RODS_] _Zedekiah_, and his many _sons_. _HER STATURE WAS EXALTED_] Zedekiah grew _proud_ of his numerous offspring and prosperity; and although he copied the exam...
SCEPTRES - Genesis 49:10. THE THICK BRANCHES - Or, the clouds; so Ezekiel 31:3, Ezekiel 31:10,...
JUDAH THE VINE. The figure changes, as in Genesis 49:8, from lion to vine, and the king whose destiny is foreshadowed is this time Zedekiah. Judah is described as a fruitful vine, one of whose mighty...
_sceptres … bare rule_ Or, FOR RULERS" SCEPTRES, i.e. royal sceptres. Out of Israel this vine there rose powerful native kings. _among the thick branches_ Or, into the clouds, cf. Ezekiel 31:3; Ezekie...
The fate of Zedekiah and his country, on which he has brought ruin Israel was once a spreading vine by great waters; her branches rose into the clouds, and her rods were rulers" sceptres a powerful r...
AND SHE HAD STRONG RODS— Zedekiah had many sons, who were like branches coming forth from the tree whereof the prophet speaks here. This vine exalted and flattered herself with the multitude of her br...
B. Dirge over Judah's Collapse 19:10-14 TRANSLATION (10) Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by waters; she was fruitful and full of branches because of much water. (11) And she had st...
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. SHE HAD STR...
19:11 thick (a-20) Or 'thick-leaved.' It may be, 'amidst the clouds; and so ch. 31.3,10,14....
A LAMENT FOR THE ROYAL HOUSE OF JUDAH This chapter is a poem in which the measure used for a dirge or elegy is more or less traceable throughout. It describes first a lioness, two of whose whelps are...
STRONG RODS FOR THE SCEPTRES] a double figure. The rods represent both the kings and their sceptres. 12, 13. These vv. describe the final destruction and captivity of Judah....
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 19 * This chapter contains a sad song. It describes events...
THICK BRANCHES should rather be translated _clouds._ It is a hyperbolical expression in the figure, to express the excellence of the vine of Israel....
וַ יִּֽהְיוּ ־לָ֞הּ מַטֹּ֣ות עֹ֗ז אֶל ־שִׁבְט
THE END OF THE MONARCHY Ezekiel 12:1; Ezekiel 17:1; Ezekiel 19:1 IN spite of the interest excited by Ezekiel's prophetic appearances, the exiles still received his prediction of the fall of Jerusalem...
The last section in the prophet's revelation of the righteousness of reprobation consists of his lament over the fallen princes of Judah. He first referred to Jehoahaz, the son and successor of Josiah...
_Rods. The king had many children, and confided in them, but they were slain._...
The Prophet here useth another figure similar to the one adopted in Ezekiel 15:1. The former prosperity of Jerusalem is elegantly represented, as a vine planted in a fruitful place by the rivers of wa...
He adds, _she had branches_, that is, vine twigs, _for the scepters of those who bear rule_. Those who translate with or above the scepters of rulers do not seem to me to comprehend the Prophet’s mean...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18 AND 19. Chapter 18 contains an important principle of the dealings of God, unfolded at that period. God would judge the individual according to his own con...
AND SHE HAD STRONG RODS FOR THE SCEPTRES OF THEM THAT BEAR RULE,.... That is, many sprung from her, and rose up in that nation who were fit to hold sceptres to be kings, rulers and governors, and were...
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. Ver. 11. _And...
_Thy mother is like a vine_ Here another similitude is made use of, and the Jewish nation is compared, as it frequently is in other places, to a vine. _In thy blood_ So the Hebrew and Vulgate; but the...
10-14 Jerusalem was a vine, flourishing and fruitful. This vine is now destroyed, though not plucked up by the roots. She has by wickedness made herself like tinder to the sparks of God's wrath, so t...
STRONG RODS; many excellent persons endowed with qualifications befitting kings, that they might sway the sceptre, and rule the people with equity. HER STATURE; the grandeur of the kings and kingdom....
Ezekiel 19:11 strong H5797 branches H4294 scepters H7626 rulers H4910 (H8802) towered H1361 (H8799) stature H6967
CONTENTS: Lamentation for princes of Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: God's ministers who have foretold His judgments upon sinners should bitterly lament the destruction of sinners when...
Ezekiel 19:2. _Thy mother was a lioness she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion._ These words are cited from Jacob's testamentary benedictions, in which Judah is called a lion's whelp...
_And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule._ THE RENEWAL OF RUINED NATIONS 1. States and kingdoms broken to pieces, ruined in times of war and trouble, do flourish again in time...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 19:1 Ezekiel presents two further political allegories (vv. Ezekiel 19:1 and vv. Ezekiel 19:
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 19:10 For details, see the parable of the eagles and the vine in ch. Ezekiel 17:1. Whereas the lioness-and-cubs story fixed attention on the fate of individuals, the vine-an
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 19:10. The prophet laments for the destruction of the kingdom, and banishment of the people, under the parable of a wasted vine. Ezekiel 19:10. “LIKE A VINE IN THY BLOOD.” T...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 19:1 The two sections of this chapter—Ezekiel 19:1, Ezekiel 19:10 -are respectively two parables of the same type as that of...
Moreover, take thou up a lamentation (Ezekiel 19:1) So this is a lamentation. Notice at the beginning he says a lamentation and then at the end he said, "This is a lamentation and shall be a lamentat...
Daniel 4:11; Daniel 4:20; Daniel 4:21; Ezekiel 19:12; Ezekiel 19:14;...
Strong rods — Many excellent persons endowed with qualifications befitting kings, that they might sway the scepter. Exalted — Above the ordinary majesty of other kingdoms. Thick branches — This kingdo...