Ezekiel 17:7

This is the second part of the parable. Another great eagle, i.e. the king of Egypt, whether Apries, or Hophra, or what other was his name we need not curiously inquire, it was king of Egypt, Ezekiel 17:15. Great wings: see Ezekiel 17:3. This vine; Zedekiah, his nobles and people. Did bend her roots towards him; sought the friendship and help of the king of Egypt. Shot forth her branches; sent ambassadors, made a covenant, and trusted to the power of Egypt to defend her branches. That he might water it; that they might add to their greatness and prosperous condition, as trees grow by due and seasonable watering them. By the furrows; alluding to the manner of irrigation used in Egypt, by furrows or trenches to convey the water unto their plantations from the river Nile.