Ezechiël 17:7

Staten Vertaling

Nog was er een grote arend, groot van vleugelen en overvloedig van vederen; en ziet, deze wijnstok voegde zijn wortelen naar denzelven toe, en wierp zijn takken tot hem uit, opdat hij hem bevochtigen zou naar de bedden zijner planting toe.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
En er was een andere grote arend, met grote vleugels en vol vederen; en zie, de wijnstok boog zijne wortels naar dezen arend en strekte zijne ranken naar hem uit, om door hem bevochtigd te worden op de plaats waar hij geplant was.

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Maar er was een andere grote arend, met grote vleugels en veel vederen, en zie, die wijnstok boog zijn wortels tot hem en schoot zijn ranken naar hem heen, opdat die hem meer mochten drenken dan het bed, waarop hij geplant was.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

another: Pharaoh-hophra, or Apries, king of Egypt. Ezekiel 17:15, 2 Kings 24:20, 2 Chronicles 26:13, Jeremiah 37:5-7

did bend: Looked to him for support, in his intended rebellion.

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:11 - fowls Deuteronomy 28:48 - serve Ezekiel 17:3 - A great

Gill's Notes on the Bible

There was also another great eagle,.... Hophra king of Egypt, a very powerful prince, whom Herodotus u calls Apries; and says he was the most happy and fortunate, after Psammitichus, of all the kings that were before; though not so mighty as the king of Babylon; therefore all the same things are not said of the one as of the other:

with great wings and many feathers: had large dominions, but not go extensive as the former, and therefore is not said to be "longwinged" as he; and had "many feathers", but not "full" of them, nor had it such a variety; he had many people, and much wealth, and a large army, but not equal to the king of Babylon:

and, behold, this vine did bend her roots towards him; Zedekiah, and the people of the Jews under him; inclined to an alliance with the king of Egypt, and gave him some private intimations of it:

and shot forth her branches towards him; sent ambassadors to acquaint him with it, Ezekiel 17:15;

that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation; Nebuchadnezzar had planted this vine, and made furrows for the watering of it, and by his means it was become prosperous and flourishing; but Zedekiah, not content with the greatness and glory he had raised him to, sought to the king of Egypt to help him with horses and people, in order to free himself from subjection to the king of Babylon, and to increase his lustre and glory: the allusion is thought to be to the trenches and canals of the river Nile, by which the land of Egypt was watered: the words may be rendered, "out of the rivulets of her plantation" w which best agrees with watering.

u L. 2. sive Euterpe, c. 161. w מערגות מטעה "ex rivulis [loci in quo] plantata est", Gussetius, p. 642. such as run between beds in gardens, of which this word is sometimes used; hence some render it "ex areolis", Vatablus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Polanus, so Ben Melech or ditches and canals, such as were made out of the river Nile to water the land; "a fossa plantarii sui", Texelius, ut supra, p. 209.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Another great eagle - This is the king of Egypt, mighty indeed but not like the first.

By the furrows of her plantation - From the beds, where it was planted to bring forth fruit for another, it shot forth its roots to him that he might water it. Zedekiah was courting the favor of Egypt while he owed his very position to the bounty of Assyria.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 17:7. Another great eagle — Pharaoh-hophra, or Apries, king of Egypt.

With great wings — Extensive dominion.

And many feathers — Numerous subjects.

Did bend her roots — Looked to him for support in her intended rebellion against Nebuchadnezzar.