Yǐsījiēshū 17:6

6 Jiù jiànjiàn shēng zhǎng , chéngwéi mànyán ǎi xiǎo de pútàoshù . qí zhī zhuǎn xiàng nà yīng , qí gēn zaì yīng yǐxià , yúshì chéng le pútàoshù , shēng chū zhīzǐ , fāchū xiǎo zhī .

Yǐsījiēshū 17:6 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 17:6

And it grew
King Zedekiah reigned and prospered, and the kingdom flourished under him: and became a spreading vine of low stature;
not so flourishing as it had been heretofore, in former reigns; it did not rise up to a cedar, as it had been, but was like a vine, which, though flourishing, does not rise up high, but runs upon the ground, and is dependent on something else; so the king and kingdom of Judah, though in tolerable circumstances, yet were humble and dependent on the king of Babylon: whose branches turned towards him;
the eagle, Nebuchadnezzar, to whom the people of the Jews were tributary: and the roots thereof were under him;
they were rooted and settled in their own land, yet under the power, and at the dispose, of the Babylonish monarch: so it became a vine;
a flourishing kingdom in some measure, though attended with some degree of weakness and dependence as a vine: and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs;
increased in people and in riches; particularly the king had many children, so that there was a prospect of a succession, and of a more flourishing estate, and a continuance of it, ( Jeremiah 52:10 ) .

Yǐsījiēshū 17:6 In-Context

4 Jiù shì shé qù xiāng bó shù jǐn jiān de nèn zhī , diāo dào màoyì zhī dì , fàng zaì mǎimaì chéng zhōng .

5 Yòu jiāng Yǐsèliè dì de zhīzǐ zāi yú féi tián lǐ , chā zaì dà shuǐ páng , rú chā liǔ shù ,

6 Jiù jiànjiàn shēng zhǎng , chéngwéi mànyán ǎi xiǎo de pútàoshù . qí zhī zhuǎn xiàng nà yīng , qí gēn zaì yīng yǐxià , yúshì chéng le pútàoshù , shēng chū zhīzǐ , fāchū xiǎo zhī .

7 Yòu yǒu yī dà yīng , chìbǎng dà , yǔ maó duō . zhè pútàoshù cóng zāizhòng de qí zhōng xiàng zhè yīng wān guō gēn lái , fāchū zhīzǐ , hǎo dé tā de jiāo guàn .

8 Zhè shù zāi yú féi tián duō shuǐ de pángbiān , hǎo shēng zhīzǐ , jié guǒzi , chéngwéi jiā mĕi de pútàoshù .