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Verse Ezekiel 17:4. _THE TOP OF HIS YOUNG TWIGS_] The princes of
Judah.
_A LAND OF TRAFFIC_] Chaldea.
_A CITY OF MERCHANTS_] Babylon; for which this city was the most
celebrated of all the cities o...
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A LAND OF TRAFFICK - The land of Babylon....
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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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TOP. topmost.
TRAFFICK. Babylon....
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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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CARRIED IT INTO A LAND OF TRAFFICK— Babylon and the country round
it, being the seat of universal monarchy, must of consequence have
been a place of great trade. Strabo tells us, that the merchants wh...
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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 cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land
of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
HE ... EARNED IT INTO A LAND OF TRAFFIC ... A CITY OF MERCHANTS -
Babylon (), f...
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17:4 land; (d-16) Heb. 'land of _ Canaan_ .' see ch. 16.29....
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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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אֵ֛ת רֹ֥אשׁ יְנִֽיקֹותָ֖יו קָטָ֑ף וַ
יְבִיאֵ֨הוּ֙...
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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 cropped off the top of its young twigs, and carried it into a land
of (b) trade; he set it in a city of merchants.
(b) Meaning to Babylon....
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_Twigs. The young king and his officers, who had scarcely got
established. (Calmet) --- Chanaan. This name, which signifies traffic,
is not taken here for Palestine, but for Chaldea; and the city of
m...
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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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WE began yesterday to explain the saying of the Prophet, _that an
eagle came to mount Lebanon, and there cropped off the top of a
cedar_, that is, the highest bough. Some interpreters seem to me to
la...
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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 CROPPED OFF THE TOP OF HIS YOUNG TWIGS,.... By which are meant the
princes of the land, or the several branches of the royal family; the
top of which was King Jeconiah, who was but young and tender...
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He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land
of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
Ver. 4. _He cropped off the top of his young twigs,_] _i.e., _ The
nobles carried...
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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 cropped off the top of his young twigs, the uppermost one, AND
CARRIED IT INTO A LAND OF TRAFFIC, literally, "to the land of Canaan,"
that is, to a land which, in both its commercial ambitions and...
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THE RIDDLE ITSELF...
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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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CROPPED OFF; as a gardener that crops off the goodliest scions, and
carrieth them away to graft on some other stock. The top; both the
king of Judah, now eighteen years old, and the nobles and chief o...
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Ezekiel 17:4 off H6998 (H8804) topmost H7218 twig H3242 carried H935
(H8686) land H776 trade H3667 set...
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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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Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 47:15; Jeremiah 51:13; Revelation 18:11;...
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The top — Both the king of Judah, now eighteen years old, and the
nobles and chief of the land. Into a land — Babylon, which was a
city of mighty trade....