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Ezekiel 19:10-14

The fate of Zedekiah and his country, on which he has brought ruin

Israel was once a spreading vine by great waters; her branches rose into the clouds, and her rods were rulers" sceptres a powerful race of kings rose out of her. Now she is torn up and thrown down, carried into the wilderness, and planted in a dry and barren soil. A fire also has gone out from one of her strong rods which has consumed her. Her last prince, Zedekiah, has finally broken the state to pieces (cf. ch. 17).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezekiel 19:10. _THY 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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THY 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....

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JUDAH THE VINE. The figure changes, as in Genesis 49:8, from lion to vine, and the king whose destiny is foreshadowed is this time Zedekiah. Judah is described as a fruitful vine, one of whose mighty...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THY MOTHER. Another _Simile_. See the Structure (W, p. 1130). IN THY BLOOD: or, in thy vineyard (according to Dr. C. D. Ginsburg). WATERS. _Reference to_ Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 8:7). App-92....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THY MOTHER IS LIKE A VINE, &C.— _Thy mother is like a vine, which is planted by the waters._ Houbigant. Others read it, _Thy mother is like a vine of thy vineyard._ We have here a second part of this...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. Dirge over Judah's Collapse 19:10-14 TRANSLATION (10) Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by waters; she was fruitful and full of branches because of much water. (11) And she had st...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. THY MOTHER IS LIKE A VINE IN THY BLOOD - a new metaphor, taken from t...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    19:10 rest, (e-9) Others translate 'like unto thee,' but reading uncertain....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A LAMENT FOR THE ROYAL HOUSE OF JUDAH This chapter is a poem in which the measure used for a dirge or elegy is more or less traceable throughout. It describes first a lioness, two of whose whelps are...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THY MOTHER] The language in this allegory is much more applicable to the nation than to Hamutal. IN THY BLOOD] a meaningless phrase. Perhaps we should read with RM 'in thy likeness.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 19 * This chapter contains a sad song. It describes events...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    A VINE IN THY BLOOD. — The figure here changes to the more common one of a vine, yet by no means the “vine of low stature” of Ezekiel 17:6; it is rather a _strong and goodly vine._ The phrase “in thy...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אִמְּךָ֥ כַ † גֶּ֛פֶן בְּ דָמְךָ֖ עַל...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE END OF THE MONARCHY Ezekiel 12:1; Ezekiel 17:1; Ezekiel 19:1 IN spite of the interest excited by Ezekiel's prophetic appearances, the exiles still received his prediction of the fall of Jerusalem...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The last section in the prophet's revelation of the righteousness of reprobation consists of his lament over the fallen princes of Judah. He first referred to Jehoahaz, the son and successor of Josiah...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Thy (g) mother [is] like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. (g) He speaks this in the reproach of this wicked king, in whose b...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Blood. She has given birth to many kings. (Menochius) --- The original may be inaccurate, and perhaps should be, "a vine-tree or branch:" (Calmet) cormoc instead of bedammecha. Septuagint read kerimm...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The Prophet here useth another figure similar to the one adopted in Ezekiel 15:1. The former prosperity of Jerusalem is elegantly represented, as a vine planted in a fruitful place by the rivers of wa...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Here Ezekiel places before our eyes the twofold state of the Jews, that they may acknowledge themselves fallen into extreme misery, because they had provoked God. For they did not sufficiently conside...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18 AND 19. Chapter 18 contains an important principle of the dealings of God, unfolded at that period. God would judge the individual according to his own con...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THY MOTHER [IS] LIKE A VINE IN THY BLOOD,.... Another simile is here made use of, relating to the same persons; the same that were compared to a lioness are here compared to a vine, as the people of t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 10. _Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood._] The same lamentati...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thy mother is like a vine_ Here another similitude is made use of, and the Jewish nation is compared, as it frequently is in other places, to a vine. _In thy blood_ So the Hebrew and Vulgate; but the...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    CONCERNING THE MOTHER OF KINGS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thy mother, that of the royal family and of Israel and Jerusalem in general, IS LIKE A VINE IN THY BLOOD, PLANTED BY THE WATERS, or "planted in peaceful security"; for this was originally Israel's con...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    IN THY BLOOD: Or, in thy quietness or in thy likeness...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 t...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The 10th verse begins the second part of the chapter. THY MOTHER, O thou prince of Israel: see EZEKIEL 19:2. IS LIKE A VINE; frequently so compared, PSALMS 80:8,14,15 ISA 3:14 5:2 27:2. IN THY BLOOD;...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 19:10 mother H517 vine H1612 bloodline H1818 (H8676) H1818 Planted H8362 (H8803) waters H4325 Fruitful...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE WITHERING OF THE VINE. “Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. She was fruitful and full of branches, by reason of many waters. And she had strong rods for the sceptr...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Lamentation for princes of Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: God's ministers who have foretold His judgments upon sinners should bitterly lament the destruction of sinners when...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ezekiel 19:2. _Thy mother was a lioness she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion._ These words are cited from Jacob's testamentary benedictions, in which Judah is called a lion's whelp...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 19:1 Ezekiel presents two further political allegories (vv. Ezekiel 19:1 and vv. Ezekiel 19:

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 19:10 For details, see the parable of the eagles and the vine in ch. Ezekiel 17:1. Whereas the lioness-and-cubs story fixed attention on the fate of individuals, the vine-an

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 19:10. The prophet laments for the destruction of the kingdom, and banishment of the people, under the parable of a wasted vine. Ezekiel 19:10. “LIKE A VINE IN THY BLOOD.” T...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 19:1 The two sections of this chapter—Ezekiel 19:1, Ezekiel 19:10 -are respectively two parables of the same type as that of...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Moreover, take thou up a lamentation (Ezekiel 19:1) So this is a lamentation. Notice at the beginning he says a lamentation and then at the end he said, "This is a lamentation and shall be a lamentat...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 8:7; Deuteronomy 8:9; Ezekiel 15:2; Ezekiel 17:6; Ezek

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thy mother — O thou prince of Israel. By the waters — In a very fruitful soil. Full of branches — Full of children; when Josiah died, he left four behind him, beside other branches of the royal line....

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