Ezequiel 17:10

10 ¿Prosperará aunque sea trasplantada?¿Acaso el viento del esteno la marchitará cuando la azote?¡claro que sí se marchitaráen el lugar donde había nacido!»

Ezequiel 17:10 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 17:10

Yea, behold, [being] planted
Supposing it ever so well planted, as first by Nebuchadnezzar; and still put into a better condition by the assistance of the king of Egypt, as was imagined: shall it prosper?
it shall not; their own strength, with the help of the king of Egypt, will not be able to protect them from the rage of the king of Babylon: shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it?
which is very hurtful to vines, and by which is meant the Chaldean army; for Babylon, as Kimchi observes, lay northeast of the land of Israel; and it signifies how easily the destruction would be brought about, it would be only a touch of the east wind, and this vine would wither away atones: it shall wither in the furrows where it grew;
notwithstanding its being watered by Egypt, or the help and assistance that could afford it; or amidst all its prosperity, and the means of it, and the springing growing hope it had; or in the very country itself where it had been planted, and had flourished; Zedekiah and his princes were taken in the plains of Jericho, and his children and princes were put to death in Riblah, ( Jeremiah 52:8-10 ) .

Ezequiel 17:10 In-Context

8 ¡Había estado plantada en tierra fértiljunto a aguas abundantes,para echar retoños y dar frutos,y convertirse en una hermosa vid!

9 »Adviértele que así dice el SEÑOR:»¿Prosperará esa vid?¿El águila no la arrancará de raíz?¿No le quitará su fruto,y así la vid se marchitará?Sí, los tiernos retoños se secarán.No hará falta un brazo fuerte ni mucha gentepara arrancarla de cuajo.

10 ¿Prosperará aunque sea trasplantada?¿Acaso el viento del esteno la marchitará cuando la azote?¡claro que sí se marchitaráen el lugar donde había nacido!»

11 El SEÑOR me dirigió la palabra:

12 «Pregúntale a este pueblo rebelde si tiene idea de lo que significa todo esto. Recuérdale que el rey de Babilonia vino a Jerusalén y se llevó a su país al rey de Judá y a sus funcionarios.