Ezekiel 17:2-10
Ezek 20:49; Judg 9:8-15, Judg 14:12-19; 2Sam 12:1-4; Hos 12:10; Matt 13:13-14, Matt 13:35; Mark 4:33-34; 1Cor 13:12 A great Nebuchadnezzar, so called from his towering ambition and rapaciousness. Ezek 17:7, Ezek 17:12-21; Deut 28:49; Jer 4:13, Jer 48:40, Jer 49:16; Lam 4:19; Hos 8:1; Matt 24:28 great wings Extensive empire, both in length and breadth. Dan 2:38, Dan 4:22, Dan 7:4 full Numerous subjects, of various nations, and of different languages and manners. divers colours Heb. embroidering came Came against Judah and Jerusalem. Ezek 17:12; 2Kgs 24:10-16; 2Chr 36:9-10; Jer 22:23-28, Jer 24:1 the highest Jeconiah, whom he took captive to Babylon. the cedar The royal and ancient family of David. the top The princes of Judah. into Isa 43:14, Isa 47:15; Jer 51:13; Rev 18:3, Rev 18:11-19 a land Chaldea a city Babylon, which by means of the Euphrates and Tigris, had communications with the richest and most distant nations. the seed Zedekiah, brother to Jeconiah. Ezek 17:13; 2Kgs 24:17; Jer 37:1 planted it in a fruitful field Heb. put it in a field of seed, Made him king of Judea. Deut 8:7-9 he placed Made him dependent on Babylon, the city of great waters, as the willow is on humidity. Ezek 19:11-12; Isa 15:7, Isa 44:4 it grew Ezek 17:14; Prov 16:18-19 whose The Jewish state had then no height of dominion; and Zedekiah was wholly dependent on Nebuchadnezzar. another Pharaoh-hophra, or Apries, king of Egypt. Ezek 17:15; 2Kgs 24:20; 2Chr 26:13; Jer 37:5-7 did bend Looked to him for support, in his intended rebellion. soil Heb. field, Ezek 17:5-6 and that Though he was dependent on Babylon, yet he was in such a situation as would have enabled him to reign in credit, and be useful to his people. Shall it Shall he succeed in casting off the yoke of the king of Babylon, to whom he had sworn fealty? Ezek 17:10, Ezek 17:15-17; Num 14:41; 2Chr 13:12, 2Chr 20:20; Isa 8:9-10, Isa 30:1-7, Isa 31:1-3; Jer 32:5 shall he He shall come and dethrone him, and carry him captive. 2Kgs 25:4-7; Jer 21:4-7, Jer 24:8-10, Jer 29:4-7, Jer 52:7-11 the fruit The children of Zedekiah. even Jer 37:10 shall it Ezek 19:12-14; Hos 12:1, Hos 13:15; Matt 21:19; Mark 11:20; John 15:6; Jude 1:12
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