Ezekiel 17:4

Ezekiel 17:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He broke off the topmost of its young twigs and carried it to a land of trade and set it in a city of merchants.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He cropped off its topmost young twig And carried it to a land of trade; He set it in a city of merchants.
• New Living Translation (NLT)and plucked off its highest branch. He carried it away to a city filled with merchants. He planted it in a city of traders.

Context of Ezekiel 17:4

2“Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell it to the Israelites as a parable. 3Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: A great eagle with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon. Taking hold of the top of a cedar, he broke off its topmost shoot and carried it away to a land of merchants, where he planted it in a city of traders. 5“ ‘He took one of the seedlings of the land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water, 6and it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine. Its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out leafy boughs.

Ezekiel 17:4 word by word

אֵ֛ת רֹ֥אשׁ יְנִֽיקוֹתָ֖יו קָטָ֑ף וַיְבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן בְּעִ֥יר רֹכְלִ֖ים שָׂמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He cropped offקָטַףqâţaph · to pluckH6998
• the topרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
• of his young twigsיְנִיקָהyenîyqâh · shootH3242
• and carriedבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• it into a landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of traffickכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · merchantH3667
• he setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• it in a cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of merchantsרָכַלrâkal · to tradeH7402

Cross-references for Ezekiel 17:4

• Isaiah 43:14This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I will send to Babylon and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians, in the ships in which they took pride.
• Isaiah 47:15That is all they are to you— these you have dealt with and labored with since childhood. All of them go on in their error; there is not one that can save you.
• Jeremiah 51:13You who live by many waters and are rich in treasures, your end has come, the time for you to be destroyed.
• Revelation 18:3For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.”

Commentaries on Ezekiel 17:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The top of his young twigs - The princes of Judah. A land of traffic - Chaldea. A city of merchants - Babylon; for which this city was the most celebrated of all the cities of the east. Its situation procured it innumerable advantages; its two rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, and the Persian Gulf, gave it communication with the richest and the most distant nations.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4A land of traffick - The land of Babylon.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. 44. land of traffic ... merchants--Babylon (2Ki 24:15, 16), famous for its transport traffic on the Tigris and Euphrates. Also, by its connection with the Persian Gulf, it carried on much commerce with India.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 17:4

• Cities
• Ezekiel
• Merchant

In the dictionaries

• Babylon, kingdom of
• Canaanites
• Riddle
• Wither
• Crop
• Ezekiel
• Proverb
• Trade
• Traffic, Trafficker

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