Threat of punishment because of his treachery. The vine shall be pulled up and utterly withered Zedekiah's monarchy shall be taken away before the king of Babylon.

shall he not pull up The subject is most naturally the king of Babylon, who planted it; the words might be used in the sense of the pass.: shall it not be pulled up?

it shall wither … her spring As R.V., all her fresh springing leaves shall wither.

even without great power It will be a light thing for the king of Babylon to pluck up this vine by the roots. Both the words and construction are peculiar; cf. Ezekiel 17:17.

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