Ezequiel 17:5

5 'Después tomó de la semilla de la tierra y la plantó en terreno fértil. La puso junto a aguas abundantes; la plantó como un sauce.

Ezequiel 17:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 17:5

He took also of the seed of the land
Of the land of Judea, a native of it, not a stranger; not one of another country, a Babylonian; not one of his own nobles or princes, did Nebuchadnezzar, the eagle, take and set upon the throne of Judea, but one of their own, even one of the king's seed, of the blood royal, as it is explained, ( Ezekiel 17:13 ) , Mattaniah, the uncle of Jeconiah, whom the king of Babylon called Zedekiah, and made him king in his room: and planted it in a fruitful field;
in the land of Judea, and in Jerusalem the royal city: he placed [it] by great waters;
many people, ( Revelation 17:15 ) ; over whom he ruled, and by whom he was supported in his royal dignity: [and] set it [as] a willow tree;
which loves moist places, and grows up thick: unless it should be rendered, "he set it with great circumspection" ^F19; took a great deal of care and caution in placing him upon the throne; he made a covenant with him, took an oath of him, and hostages for the performance of it, ( Ezekiel 17:13 ) . The Targum is,

``a planted vine he set it,''

to make it agree with what follows; but the word in the Chaldee and Arabic languages signifies a kind of willow, as we render it, as Ben Melech observes ^F20.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 (wmv hpupu) "circumspectissime posuit illud, Junins & Tremellius, Polanus; "cum magna circumspectione", Piscator; "circumspecte, Cocceius, Starckius.
F20 And so it does; see Castel, col. 3220, 3221. and in this way Jarchi and Kimchi interpret the word, in which they are followed by many; so R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 73. 1. nevertheless, the sense of it here is disapproved of by Castel, who observes, what has a willow to do with a vine? col. 3222. and commends the Greek version, which renders it, (epiblepomenon) , "conspicuous", to be seen; and so others translate it, "in superficie", V. L. Grotius; yet the "safsaf" of the Arabs is a tree by which they understood the "abeile" or poplar tree; see Shaw's Travels, p. 432. Ed. 2.

Ezequiel 17:5 In-Context

3 Y dirás: "Así dice el Señor DIOS: "Una gran águila de grandes alas, largos piñones y espeso plumaje de muchos colores, vino al Líbano y se llevó la cima del cedro;

4 arrancó el más alto de sus renuevos, lo llevó a una tierra de mercaderes y lo puso en una ciudad de comerciantes.

5 'Después tomó de la semilla de la tierra y la plantó en terreno fértil. La puso junto a aguas abundantes; la plantó como un sauce.

6 'Brotó y se hizo una vid muy extendida, de poca altura, con sus sarmientos vueltos hacia el águila, pero sus raíces quedaron debajo de ella. Así se hizo una vid, echó pámpanos y se hizo frondosa.

7 'Pero había otra gran águila de grandes alas y abundante plumaje, y he aquí, esta vid dobló sus raíces hacia ella, y hacia ella extendió sus sarmientos desde los surcos donde estaba plantada para que la regara.