Ezekiel 19 Study Notes
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19:10-11 Ezekiel used the vine metaphor in 15:1-8 and 17:5-10 with reference to the decline and fall of Judah (Is 24:7; Jr 2:21; 6:9). But this imagery of the vine typifies the nation of Israel as a whole (Ps 80:8-16; Is 5:1-7; 27:2-6). The combination of lion and vine may be derived from Gn 49:9-11.
19:12 The east wind represents Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his army. The image refers to the capture and death of King Zedekiah and the destruction of Jerusalem in the siege of 586 BC.
19:13 Zedekiah was captured in the desert (wilderness) near Jericho, blinded, bound in chains, and taken to Babylon (2Kg 25; Jr 52).
19:14 Fire destroying the fruit of the vine recalls the image of Jotham’s fable, in which the worthless bramble caused a fire that consumed the cedars of Lebanon (Jdg 9:20). The Davidic dynasty and the Israelite monarchy appear to come to a sudden end in Zedekiah. Fire is alternatively a symbol for annihilation or ongoing punishment (Gn 19:24; Is 66:24; Jr 50:32; Am 1:4,7,10,12,14; 2:2,5; 7:4; Mt 25:41; Rv 20:14). The scepter will be temporarily removed from Judah as a punishment for sins. In the person of Christ, however, God’s promise that the scepter will not depart from the line of Judah (Gn 49:10) will be ultimately fulfilled.