American Standard Version
Ezekiel 17:5
5He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow-tree.
Ezekiel 17:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘He took one of the seedlings of the land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then he took of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil. He placed it beside abundant waters. He set it like a willow twig,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then he took some of the seed of the land And planted it in a fertile field; He placed it by abundant waters And set it like a willow tree.
Context of Ezekiel 17:5
3and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar: 4he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants. He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow-tree. 6And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. 7There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.
Read all of Ezekiel 17Ezekiel 17:5 word by word
וַיִּקַּח֙ מִזֶּ֣רַע הָאָ֔רֶץ וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּ בִּשְׂדֵה־זָ֑רַע קָ֚ח עַל־מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֔ים צַפְצָפָ֖ה שָׂמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ezekiel 17:5
- Ezekiel 17:13And he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;
- 2 Kings 24:17And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- Jeremiah 37:1And Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
- Deuteronomy 8:7For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;
- Ezekiel 19:11And it had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.
- Isaiah 15:7Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away over the brook of the willows.
- Isaiah 44:4and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 17:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The 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 under the protection of Babylon, situated on the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates. And set it as a willow tree - Made him dependent on this city of great waters, as the willow is on humidity.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5He took also of the seed of the land - Zedekiah the king‘s uncle, not a Babylonian satrap, was made king.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6Babylon was the city filled with merchants (see Ezekiel 16:29).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. seed of the land--not a foreign production, but one native in the region; a son of the soil, not a foreigner: Zedekiah, uncle of Jehoiachin, of David's family. in a fruitful field--literally, a "field of seed"; that is, fit for propagating and continuing the seed of the royal family. as a willow--derived from a Hebrew root, "to overflow," from its fondness for water (Is 44:4). Judea was "a land of brooks of water and fountains" (De 8:7-9; compare Joh…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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