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Verse Ezekiel 17:5. _THE SEED OF THE LAND_] Zedekiah, brother of
Jehoiachin.
_PLANTED IT IN A FRUITFUL FIELD_] Made him king of Judea in place of
his brother.
_PLACED_ IT _BY GREAT WATERS_] Put him...
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HE TOOK ALSO OF THE SEED OF THE LAND - Zedekiah the king’s uncle,
not a Babylonian satrap, was made king....
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Ezekiel 17:1. The great eagle mentioned first is Nebuchadnezzar. (See
Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:22). He came to Lebanon and took the
highest branch of the cedar, the symbol of the house of David, wh...
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EZEKIEL 17. THE PERFIDIOUS KING. Jerusalem, as we have seen, is to be
punished for her guilty past and her perfidious people (Ezekiel
17:16), but no less for her guilty present and her perfidious king...
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THE SEED OF THE LAND. Zedokiah. See Ezekiel 17:6 and Ezekiel 17:13.
Nebuchadnezzar did not set up. Chaldean king over Judah, but nourished
Zedekiah, as verses: Ezekiel 17:5;...
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The riddle of the great eagle
(1) Ezekiel 17:1 introduction. The great, broadwinged, speckled eagle
came to Lebanon, and broke off the top of the cedar, carrying it to
the merchant-land, Babylon the...
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Nebuchadnezzar then took Mattaniah, son of Josiah, and made him king
under the name of Zedekiah. The "seed of the land" is the native royal
house.
_he placed_it] The unknown form so rendered might be...
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HE TOOK ALSO OF THE SEED, &C.— He _took also_ [_a cion_] _of the
product of the land, and set it in the planting ground. He placed it,_
&c. Hereby is meant Zedekiah, who was of the seed royal, whom
Ne...
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IV. THE KING: A LOWLY VINE 17:1-21
In chapter 17 Ezekiel turns his attention to King Zedekiah back in
Jerusalem. This vassal king had committed an act of treachery against
Nebuchadnezzar by breaking h...
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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...
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17:5 field; (e-16) Lit. 'in a field of sowing.'...
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ZEDEKIAH'S PERFIDY AND ITS PUNISHMENT
Zedekiah had been placed on the throne of Judah as a vassal of
Babylon, but was led by his nobles to intrigue with Egypt and to throw
off the Babylonian yoke. The...
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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 17
* This chapter contains a puzzle and its meaning. Two po...
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OF THE SEED OF THE LAND. — In place of the captive Jehoiachin
Nebuchadnezzar did not set over the land an eastern satrap, but
appointed a native prince, Zedekiah, the uncle of Jehoiachin. He was
“plan...
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וַ יִּקַּח֙ מִ זֶּ֣רַע הָ אָ֔רֶץ וַֽ
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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...
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Commanded by Jehovah, the prophet then put forth a riddle. A great
eagle came on Lebanon, and took off the top of the cedar, planting the
young twigs in a land of traffic, a city of merchants. Moreove...
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He took also of the (c) seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful
field; he placed [it] by great waters, [and] set it [as] a willow
tree.
(c) That is, Zedekiah who was of the king's blood and wa...
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_Land. Sedecias, whom he made king. (Challoner) --- He was brother of
the dethroned king, and have every prospect of reigning long, if he
had proved faithful. (Calmet)_...
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Perhaps this great eagle represents Nebuchadnezzar, who carried
Jeconiah, when quite a youth, and, like a tender twig, unable to
resist any bird of prey, into Babylon. 2 Kings 24:8. The land of
traffi...
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After Ezekiel has narrated that Jehoiacin was carried away with his
counselors and the flower of the whole people, and was so deprived of
his native country as to be without hope of return, he now say...
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Chapter 17 present the judgment of Zedekiah for despising the oath
that Nebuchadnezzar made him take in the name of Jehovah. Israel not
having been able to stand in integrity before God, Jehovah had
c...
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HE TOOK ALSO OF THE SEED OF THE LAND,.... Of the land of Judea, a
native of it, not a stranger; not one of another country, a
Babylonian; not one of his own nobles or princes, did Nebuchadnezzar,
the...
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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.
Ver. 5. _He took also of the seed of the land._] No foreigne...
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_A great eagle with great wings_ The eagle is the king of birds,
swift, strong, and rapacious. And this great eagle, according to all
interpreters, represents Nebuchadnezzar. Its “greatness, long wing...
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He took also of the seed of the land, one of the native royal family
of Judah, in this case undoubtedly Zedekiah, AND PLANTED IT IN A
FRUITFUL FIELD, in very productive soil; HE PLACED IT BY GREAT WAT...
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THE RIDDLE ITSELF...
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PLANTED IT IN A FRUITFUL FIELD:
_ Heb._ put it in a field of seed...
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1-10 Mighty conquerors are aptly likened to birds or beasts of prey,
but their destructive passions are overruled to forward God's designs.
Those who depart from God, only vary their crimes by changin...
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TOOK; chose out one to be king instead of Jehoiachin. OF THE SEED OF
THE LAND; a native, and, which is more, one of the royal family,
Mattaniah, whom he called Zedekiah. PLANTED IT; settled him on the...
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“And say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, ‘A great eagle with great
wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which was many-coloured,
came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar. He cropped off the
topm...
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CONTENTS: Parable of the great eagle. Rebellion of Zedekiah and its
results.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Zedekiah, Pharaoh.
CONCLUSION: He who breaks covenant with God, and tramples the
directions of...
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Ezekiel 17:2. _Put forth a riddle._ A parable, or ingenious allegory,
that the acumen of the composition may attract attention from the
rulers of Judah. This parable is likewise ingeniously explained...
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_Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of
Israel._
PROPHECY IN PARABLE
The word “riddle” may in this connection mean parable, picture,
symbol; whatever will excite and in...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 17:1 If ch. Ezekiel 16:1 can be said to
express a theological point of view, ch. Ezekiel 17:1
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 17:3 The terms of the description are
significant, for they indicate the status of the various characters.
This is the greater eagle, taking a TOPMOST twig as well as a SEED....
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THE HUMILIATION AND EXALTATION OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID (Chap 17)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The word of prophecy in this chapter is introduced
in the way of a riddle and a parable (Ezekiel 17:2). The parable
its...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 17:2
PUT FORTH A RIDDLE, etc. Again there is an interval of silence, till
another theme is suggested to the prophet's mind and worked out
elaborately. This he describes as a "riddl...
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CHAPTER 17.
THE PARABLE OF THE TWO GREAT EAGLES, AND THE CROPPING OF THE CEDAR OF
LEBANON.
Ezekiel 17:1. _And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,_
Ezekiel 17:2. _Son of man, put forth a riddle,...
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Now in chapter 17 he speaks a parable of a great eagle. And this is
where some of these harebrained people begin to spiritualize and try
to read the United States into prophecy. Because there is an ea...
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2 Kings 24:17; Deuteronomy 8:7; Ezekiel 17:13; Ezekiel 19:11;...
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The seed — Mattaniah, whom he called Zedekiah. Planted — Settled
him on the throne of Judah. As a willow — The prophet compares this
new made king to a willow, which grows no where so well as near gre...