Ezequiel 19:10

10 Tua mãe era como uma videira plantada junto �s águas; ela frutificou, e encheu-se de ramos, por causa das muitas aguas.

Ezequiel 19:10 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 19:10

Thy mother [is] like a vine in thy blood
Another simile is here made use of, relating to the same persons; the same that were compared to a lioness are here compared to a vine, as the people of the Jews frequently are, ( Psalms 80:8 ) ( Isaiah 5:1 ) ( 27:3 ) ( Jeremiah 2:21 ) ( Ezekiel 15:2 ) ( 17:6 ) ; the same person is here addressed, the then reigning prince, Zedekiah, whose mother, the Jewish people, from whence he sprung, had been in times past, and still was, like a vine; and especially with respect to his blood, the royal family from, chore he descended: the allusion is to the use of blood laid to the roots of vines, by which they became more fruitful. It may have regard; as Calvin thinks, to the original of the Jewish nation, who, when in their blood, or as soon as they were born, that is, as soon as they became a nation, were at first like a flourishing vine. Some render the words, "in thy likeness"; so Jarchi, Kimchi, and Ben Melech; to which the Targum agrees,

``the congregation of Israel, when it did according to the law, was like to a vine''

planted by the waters;
for in those hot countries vines required water, and thrived the better for bring near to them, or for being in watery places; this may denote the many privileges, blessings, laws, and ordinances, which were for the advantage of the Jewish people; both in their civil and ecclesiastical state: she was fruitful and full of branches, by reason of many waters;
grew populous, rich, and wealthy.

Ezequiel 19:10 In-Context

8 Então se ajuntaram contra ele as gentes das províncias ao redor; estenderam sobre ele a rede; e ele foi apanhado na cova delas.

9 E com ganchos meteram-no numa jaula, e o levaram ao rei de Babilônia; fizeram-no entrar nos lugares fortes, para que se não ouvisse mais a sua voz sobre os montes de Israel.

10 Tua mãe era como uma videira plantada junto �s águas; ela frutificou, e encheu-se de ramos, por causa das muitas aguas.

11 E tinha uma vara forte para cetro de governador, e elevou-se a sua estatura entre os espessos ramos, e foi vista na sua altura com a multidão dos seus ramos.

12 Mas foi arrancada com furor, e lançada por terra; o vento oriental secou o seu fruto; quebrou-se e secou-se a sua forte vara; o fogo a consumiu.