Ezekiel 17:1
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1. RIDDLE. enigma. Hebrew. _chidah. a_ difficult or per plexing problem put forth for solution. Occurs in Judges 14:1 Judges 14:2; Judges 14:13; Judges 14:14; Judges 14:15; Judges 14:16; Judges 14:17;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD GOD. Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah_. See note on Ezekiel 2:4. A GREAT EAGLE. Tho king of Babylon. LONGWINGED. long-pinioned, as in Ezekiel 17:7. FEATHERS. plumage. THE HIGHEST BRANCH. Jeleoiachin (i.e. Jeconiah, or Coniah). See Ezekiel 17:12. find Jeremiah 22:23; Jeremiah 22:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOP. topmost. TRAFFICK. Babylon.... [ Continue Reading ]
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; Ezekiel 17:6 show.... [ Continue Reading ]
TURNED TOWARD HIM. Zedekiah being dependent upon Nebuchadnezzar.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANOTHER GREAT EAGLE. Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt. BEND HER ROOTS: i.e. looked for succour to Egypt. Compare verses: Ezekiel 17:5; Ezekiel 17:8 WATER IT. From the Nile.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOIL. field.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL IT PROSPER? &c. This is Jehovah's sentence on the perfidy of Zedekiah in breaking his oath to Nebuchadnezzar. Compare Ezekiel 17:13 and the Structure (S1, S2, S3). Those who interpret this enigma of Zedekiah's daughters _are hereby_ warned that their interpretation shall not prosper. See notes... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. IT: i.e. the vine. WIND. Hebrew. _ruach_, App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
REBELLIOUS HOUSE. See note on Ezekiel 2:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKEN, &c. Compare 2Ki 24:30. COVENANT... OATH. See note on Ezekiel 16:59. TAKEN AN OATH. See 2 Chronicles 36:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
BASE. low.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE REBELLED, &c. See 2Ki 24:20. 2 Chronicles 36:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAITH THE LORD GOD. [is] Adenai Jehovah's oracle. IN THE MIDST OF BABYLON, &c. Compare Ezekiel 12:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMPANY. gathered force. MAKE FOR HIM. help him PERSONS. souls. Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. GIVEN HIS HAND. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for making. covenant (2 Kings 10:13.Ezra 10:19; Jeremiah 50:15).... [ Continue Reading ]
SPREAD MY NET UPON HIM. Compare Ezekiel 12:13; Ezekiel 32:3. plead. reckon. Compare Ezekiel 20:36; Ezekiel 38:22. TRESPASS THAT HE HATH TRESPASSED. See note on Ezekiel 15:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL HIS FUGITIVES. Compare Ezekiel 12:14. YE SHALL KNOW, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HIGHEST BRANCH. Sets forth the restoration of the kingdom in the Messiah. BRANCH. Compare Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 23:6; Jeremiah 33:15.Zechariah 3:8; Zechariah 6:12. and Isaiah 4:2. A TENDER ONE. Compare Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 53:1;... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE MOUNTAIN, &c. Compare Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 54:1; Isaiah 62:1. BRING FORTH BOUGHS. exalt its branch.... [ Continue Reading ]
I THE LORD, &c. He will prosper His work. This is in contrast with verses: Ezekiel 17:9; Ezekiel 17:10 (S1), and verses: Ezekiel 17:15 (S2), which would not prosper.... [ Continue Reading ]