Ezekiel 19:10

Ezekiel 19:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard planted by the water, fruitful and full of branches by reason of abundant water.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Your mother was like a vine planted by the water’s edge. It had lush, green foliage because of the abundant water.

Context of Ezekiel 19:10

8Then the nations set against him from the provinces on every side, And spread their net over him; He was trapped in their pit. 9They put him in a cage with chains, And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in nets, That his voice should no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel. ‘Your mother was like a vine in your bloodline, Planted by the waters, Fruitful and full of branches Because of many waters. 11She had strong branches for scepters of rulers. She towered in stature above the thick branches, And was seen in her height amid the dense foliage. 12But she was plucked up in fury, She was cast down to the ground, And the east wind dried her fruit. Her strong branches were broken and withered; The fire consumed them.

Ezekiel 19:10 word by word

אִמְּךָ֥ כַגֶּ֛פֶן בְּדָמְךָ֖ עַל־מַ֣יִם שְׁתוּלָ֑ה פֹּֽרִיָּה֙ וַֽעֲנֵפָ֔ה הָיְתָ֖ה מִמַּ֥יִם רַבִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy motherאֵם'êm · motherH517
• like a vineגֶּ֫פֶןgephen · vineH1612
• in thy bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• plantedשָׁתַלshâthal · to transplantH8362
• by the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• she was fruitfulפָּרָהpârâh · be fruitfulH6509
• and full of branchesעָנֵף‛ânêph · thickly branchedH6058
• by reason of manyרַבrab · manyH7227

Cross-references for Ezekiel 19:10

• Ezekiel 19:2and say: ‘What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.
• Hosea 2:2“Bring charges against your mother, bring charges; For she is not My wife, nor am I her Husband! Let her put away her harlotries from her sight, And her adulteries from between her breasts;
• Ezekiel 15:2“Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any other wood, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest?
• Ezekiel 17:6And it grew and became a spreading vine of low stature; Its branches turned toward him, But its roots were under it. So it became a vine, Brought forth branches, And put forth shoots.
• Isaiah 5:1Now let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my Beloved regarding His vineyard: My Well-beloved has a vineyard On a very fruitful hill.
• Matthew 21:33“Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country.
• Numbers 24:6Like valleys that stretch out, Like gardens by the riverside, Like aloes planted by the Lord, Like cedars beside the waters.
• Deuteronomy 8:7For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills;
• Psalms 80:8You have brought a vine out of Egypt; You have cast out the nations, and planted it.
• Psalms 89:25Also I will set his hand over the sea, And his right hand over the rivers.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 19:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Thy mother (Jerusalem) is like a vine in thy blood - Of this expression I know not what to make. Some think the meaning is "A vine planted by the waters to produce the blood of the grape." See Deuteronomy 32:14. Others, for בדמך bedamecha, in thy blood, would read ברמון berimmon, in or at a pomegranate; like a vine planted by or beside a pomegranate-tree, by which it was to be supported. And so the Septuagint and Arabic appear to have read. Calmet reads…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Thy mother - Judah or Jerusalem. Jehoiachin is still addressed. In thy blood - Blood is equivalent to “life” Genesis 9:4. The clause is equivalent to “Thy mother is a vine, living in thy blood,” i. e., in the life of thee and of thy children. The excellency of a vine is in her fruitful branches; the glory of a mother in her noble children. Jeremiah was to write Jehoiachin childless (see the note at Jeremiah 22:30); Ezekiel here takes a general view of the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-14Verses 10-14 Jerusalem was a vine, flourishing and fruitful. This vine is now destroyed, though not plucked up by the roots. She has by wickedness made herself like tinder to the sparks of God's wrath, so that her own branches serve as fuel to burn her. Blessed be God, one Branch of the vine here alluded to, is not only become a strong rod for the sceptre of those that rule, but is Himself the true and living Vine. This shall be for a rejoicing to all the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The vine clearly represents Judah, whom the Lord had planted and cared for in the best possible conditions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. A new metaphor taken from the vine, the chief of the fruit-bearing trees, as the lion is of the beasts of prey (see Eze 17:6). in thy blood--"planted when thou wast in thy blood," that is, in thy very infancy; as in Eze 16:6, when thou hadst just come from the womb, and hadst not yet the blood washed from thee. The Jews from the first were planted in Canaan to take root there [Calvin]. Grotius translates as the Margin, "in thy quietness," that is, in…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 19

• 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