Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 17:5
He took also of the seed of the land - Zedekiah the king’s uncle, not a Babylonian satrap, was made king.
He took also of the seed of the land - Zedekiah the king’s uncle, not a Babylonian satrap, was made king.
Verse Ezekiel 17:5. _THE SEED OF THE LAND_] Zedekiah, brother of Jehoiachin. _PLANTED IT IN A FRUITFUL FIELD_] Made him king of Judea in place of his brother. _PLACED_ IT _BY GREAT WATERS_] Put him...
Ezekiel 17:1. The great eagle mentioned first is Nebuchadnezzar. (See Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:22). He came to Lebanon and took the highest branch of the cedar, the symbol of the house of David, wh...
EZEKIEL 17. THE PERFIDIOUS KING. Jerusalem, as we have seen, is to be punished for her guilty past and her perfidious people (Ezekiel 17:16), but no less for her guilty present and her perfidious king...
THE SEED OF THE LAND. Zedokiah. See Ezekiel 17:6 and Ezekiel 17:13. Nebuchadnezzar did not set up. Chaldean king over Judah, but nourished Zedekiah, as verses: Ezekiel 17:5;...
The riddle of the great eagle (1) Ezekiel 17:1 introduction. The great, broadwinged, speckled eagle came to Lebanon, and broke off the top of the cedar, carrying it to the merchant-land, Babylon the...
Nebuchadnezzar then took Mattaniah, son of Josiah, and made him king under the name of Zedekiah. The "seed of the land" is the native royal house. _he placed_it] The unknown form so rendered might be...
HE TOOK ALSO OF THE SEED, &C.— He _took also_ [_a cion_] _of the product of the land, and set it in the planting ground. He placed it,_ &c. Hereby is meant Zedekiah, who was of the seed royal, whom Ne...
IV. THE KING: A LOWLY VINE 17:1-21 In chapter 17 Ezekiel turns his attention to King Zedekiah back in Jerusalem. This vassal king had committed an act of treachery against Nebuchadnezzar by breaking h...
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. HE TOOK ALSO OF THE SEED OF THE LAND - not a foreign production...
17:5 field; (e-16) Lit. 'in a field of sowing.'...
ZEDEKIAH'S PERFIDY AND ITS PUNISHMENT Zedekiah had been placed on the throne of Judah as a vassal of Babylon, but was led by his nobles to intrigue with Egypt and to throw off the Babylonian yoke. The...
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 17 * This chapter contains a puzzle and its meaning. Two po...
OF THE SEED OF THE LAND. — In place of the captive Jehoiachin Nebuchadnezzar did not set over the land an eastern satrap, but appointed a native prince, Zedekiah, the uncle of Jehoiachin. He was “plan...
וַ יִּקַּח֙ מִ זֶּ֣רַע הָ אָ֔רֶץ וַֽ
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...
Commanded by Jehovah, the prophet then put forth a riddle. A great eagle came on Lebanon, and took off the top of the cedar, planting the young twigs in a land of traffic, a city of merchants. Moreove...
He took also of the (c) seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed [it] by great waters, [and] set it [as] a willow tree. (c) That is, Zedekiah who was of the king's blood and wa...
_Land. Sedecias, whom he made king. (Challoner) --- He was brother of the dethroned king, and have every prospect of reigning long, if he had proved faithful. (Calmet)_...
Perhaps this great eagle represents Nebuchadnezzar, who carried Jeconiah, when quite a youth, and, like a tender twig, unable to resist any bird of prey, into Babylon. 2 Kings 24:8. The land of traffi...
After Ezekiel has narrated that Jehoiacin was carried away with his counselors and the flower of the whole people, and was so deprived of his native country as to be without hope of return, he now say...
Chapter 17 present the judgment of Zedekiah for despising the oath that Nebuchadnezzar made him take in the name of Jehovah. Israel not having been able to stand in integrity before God, Jehovah had c...
HE TOOK ALSO OF THE SEED OF THE LAND,.... Of the land of Judea, a native of it, not a stranger; not one of another country, a Babylonian; not one of his own nobles or princes, did Nebuchadnezzar, the...
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. Ver. 5. _He took also of the seed of the land._] No foreigne...
_A great eagle with great wings_ The eagle is the king of birds, swift, strong, and rapacious. And this great eagle, according to all interpreters, represents Nebuchadnezzar. Its “greatness, long wing...
He took also of the seed of the land, one of the native royal family of Judah, in this case undoubtedly Zedekiah, AND PLANTED IT IN A FRUITFUL FIELD, in very productive soil; HE PLACED IT BY GREAT WAT...
THE RIDDLE ITSELF...
PLANTED IT IN A FRUITFUL FIELD: _ Heb._ put it in a field of seed...
1-10 Mighty conquerors are aptly likened to birds or beasts of prey, but their destructive passions are overruled to forward God's designs. Those who depart from God, only vary their crimes by changin...
TOOK; chose out one to be king instead of Jehoiachin. OF THE SEED OF THE LAND; a native, and, which is more, one of the royal family, Mattaniah, whom he called Zedekiah. PLANTED IT; settled him on the...
Ezekiel 17:5 took H3947 (H8799) seed H2233 land H776 planted H5414 (H8799) fertile H2233 field H7704 placed...
“And say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which was many-coloured, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar. He cropped off the topm...
CONTENTS: Parable of the great eagle. Rebellion of Zedekiah and its results. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Zedekiah, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: He who breaks covenant with God, and tramples the directions of...
Ezekiel 17:2. _Put forth a riddle._ A parable, or ingenious allegory, that the acumen of the composition may attract attention from the rulers of Judah. This parable is likewise ingeniously explained...
_Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel._ PROPHECY IN PARABLE The word “riddle” may in this connection mean parable, picture, symbol; whatever will excite and in...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 17:1 If ch. Ezekiel 16:1 can be said to express a theological point of view, ch. Ezekiel 17:1
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 17:3 The terms of the description are significant, for they indicate the status of the various characters. This is the greater eagle, taking a TOPMOST twig as well as a SEED....
THE HUMILIATION AND EXALTATION OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID (Chap 17) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The word of prophecy in this chapter is introduced in the way of a riddle and a parable (Ezekiel 17:2). The parable its...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 17:2 PUT FORTH A RIDDLE, etc. Again there is an interval of silence, till another theme is suggested to the prophet's mind and worked out elaborately. This he describes as a "riddl...
CHAPTER 17. THE PARABLE OF THE TWO GREAT EAGLES, AND THE CROPPING OF THE CEDAR OF LEBANON. Ezekiel 17:1. _And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,_ Ezekiel 17:2. _Son of man, put forth a riddle,...
Now in chapter 17 he speaks a parable of a great eagle. And this is where some of these harebrained people begin to spiritualize and try to read the United States into prophecy. Because there is an ea...
2 Kings 24:17; Deuteronomy 8:7; Ezekiel 17:13; Ezekiel 19:11;...
The seed — Mattaniah, whom he called Zedekiah. Planted — Settled him on the throne of Judah. As a willow — The prophet compares this new made king to a willow, which grows no where so well as near gre...