Ezequiel 17:6

6 E brotou, e tornou-se numa videira larga, de pouca altura, virando-se para ela os seus ramos, e as suas raízes estavam debaixo dela. Tornou-se numa videira, e produzia sarmentos, e lançava renovos.

Ezequiel 17:6 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 17:6

And it grew
King Zedekiah reigned and prospered, and the kingdom flourished under him: and became a spreading vine of low stature;
not so flourishing as it had been heretofore, in former reigns; it did not rise up to a cedar, as it had been, but was like a vine, which, though flourishing, does not rise up high, but runs upon the ground, and is dependent on something else; so the king and kingdom of Judah, though in tolerable circumstances, yet were humble and dependent on the king of Babylon: whose branches turned towards him;
the eagle, Nebuchadnezzar, to whom the people of the Jews were tributary: and the roots thereof were under him;
they were rooted and settled in their own land, yet under the power, and at the dispose, of the Babylonish monarch: so it became a vine;
a flourishing kingdom in some measure, though attended with some degree of weakness and dependence as a vine: and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs;
increased in people and in riches; particularly the king had many children, so that there was a prospect of a succession, and of a more flourishing estate, and a continuance of it, ( Jeremiah 52:10 ) .

Ezequiel 17:6 In-Context

4 arrancou a ponta mais alta dos seus, raminhos, e a levou a uma terra de comércio; e a pôs numa cidade de comerciantes.

5 Também tomou da semente da terra, e a lançou num solo frutífero; pô-la junto a muitas águas; e plantou-a como salgueiro.

6 E brotou, e tornou-se numa videira larga, de pouca altura, virando-se para ela os seus ramos, e as suas raízes estavam debaixo dela. Tornou-se numa videira, e produzia sarmentos, e lançava renovos.

7 Houve ainda outra grande águia, de grandes asas, e cheia de penas; e eis que também esta videira lançou para ela as suas raizes, e estendeu para ela os seus ramos desde as aréolas em que estava plantada, para que ela a regasse.

8 Numa boa terra, junto a muitas águas, estava ela plantada, para produzir ramos, e para dar fruto, a fim de que fosse videira excelente.