Ezequiel 19:10

10 "Tu madre era como una vid en tu viña, plantada junto a las aguas; estaba llena de frutos y ramas por la abundancia de 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 "Entonces se pusieron contra él los pueblos de las provincias de alrededor, y tendieron sobre él su red; en su foso fue capturado.

9 "Lo pusieron en una jaula con garfios y lo llevaron al rey de Babilonia; lo llevaron enjaulado para que no se oyera más su voz en los montes de Israel.

10 "Tu madre era como una vid en tu viña, plantada junto a las aguas; estaba llena de frutos y ramas por la abundancia de aguas.

11 "Tenía ramas fuertes propias para cetros de gobernantes, y su estatura se elevó hasta en medio de las nubes, y fue vista a causa de su altura y por sus muchos sarmientos.

12 "Pero fue arrancada con furor, derribada a tierra, y el viento solano secó su fruto; su rama fuerte fue quebrada y se secó; el fuego la consumió.