Ezekiel 17:5

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.

He took also of the 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.

Planted it in a fruitful field - literally, a field of seed; i:e., fit for propagating and continuing the seed of the royal family.

Set it as a willow - [ tsaptsaapaah (H6851), derived from a Hebrew root, tsuwp (H6687), 'to overflow'] from its fondness for water (Isaiah 44:4). Judea was "a land of brooks of water and fountains" (Deuteronomy 8:7-5; of John 3:23).