Ezequiel 17:10

10 'He aquí, está plantada, ¿prosperará? Cuando el viento solano la azote, ¿no se secará totalmente? En los surcos donde creció se secará.'"

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 'En tierra fértil, junto a aguas abundantes estaba plantada, para echar ramas y dar fruto, para hacerse una vid excelente.'"

9 Di: "Así dice el Señor DIOS: '¿Prosperará? ¿No arrancará sus raíces y cortará su fruto para que se seque y se sequen todas sus hojas tiernas? Y no hará falta gran poder ni mucha gente para arrancarla de sus raíces.

10 'He aquí, está plantada, ¿prosperará? Cuando el viento solano la azote, ¿no se secará totalmente? En los surcos donde creció se secará.'"

11 Y vino a mí la palabra del SEÑOR, diciendo:

12 Di ahora a la casa rebelde: "¿No sabéis lo que significan estas cosas?" Di: "He aquí, el rey de Babilonia vino a Jerusalén, tomó a su rey y a sus príncipes y los llevó consigo a Babilonia.