Eze 17:5-8 | TSK | e4.org | the seed Zedekiah, brother to Jeconiah. ; ; planted it in a fruitful field Heb. put it in a field of seed, Made him king of Judea. he placed Made him dependent on Babylon, the city of great waters, as the willow is on humidity. ; ,

‏ Ezekiel 17:5-8

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.