UHezekile 17:6

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

6 Yahluma, yaba ngumdiliya onabileyo, omfuphi, ukuze amasebe awo asinge kulo, neengcambu zawo zibe phantsi kwalo; waba ngumdiliya ke, wenza amasebe, waqhama amagqabi.

Bible Verse Review
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it grew: Ezekiel 17:14, Proverbs 16:18, Proverbs 16:19

whose: The Jewish state had then no height of dominion; and Zedekiah was wholly dependent on Nebuchadnezzar.

Reciprocal: Psalms 44:2 - how thou didst afflict Psalms 80:8 - a vine Isaiah 18:5 - General Ezekiel 17:8 - soil Ezekiel 19:10 - like Ezekiel 29:15 - the basest

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it grew,.... King Zedekiah reigned and prospered, and the kingdom flourished under him:

and became a spreading vine of low stature; not so flourishing as it had been heretofore, in former reigns; it did not rise up to a cedar, as it had been, but was like a vine, which, though flourishing, does not rise up high, but runs upon the ground, and is dependent on something else; so the king and kingdom of Judah, though in tolerable circumstances, yet were humble and dependent on the king of Babylon:

whose branches turned towards him; the eagle, Nebuchadnezzar, to whom the people of the Jews were tributary:

and the roots thereof were under him; they were rooted and settled in their own land, yet under the power, and at the dispose, of the Babylonish monarch:

so it became a vine; a flourishing kingdom in some measure, though attended with some degree of weakness and dependence as a vine:

and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs; increased in people and in riches; particularly the king had many children, so that there was a prospect of a succession, and of a more flourishing estate, and a continuance of it, Jeremiah 52:10.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Spreading - On the ground, not trained to a pole, that it might have no other prop but Nebuchadnezzar. As a vine it was less majestic than a cedar Ezekiel 17:3; but compare Psalms 80:10.

Whose branches ... - Rather, in order that her branches should turn unto him, and that her roots should be under him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 17:6. A spreading vine of low stature — The Jewish state having then no height of dominion, it must abide under the wings or branches of the Chaldean king.

Whose branches turned toward him, and the roots - under him — Zedekiah was wholly dependent on Nebuchadnezzar, both for his elevation to the throne, and his support on it.