Ezequiel 17:6

6 e elas brotaram e formaram uma videira baixa e copada. Seus ramos se voltaram para a águia, mas as suas raízes permaneceram debaixo da videira. A videira desenvolveu-se e cobriu-se de ramos, brotos e folhas.

Ezequiel 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 ) .

Ezequiel 17:6 In-Context

4 arrancou o seu broto mais alto e o levou para uma terra de comerciantes, onde o plantou numa cidade de mercadores.
5 “Depois apanhou um pouco de sementes da sua terra e as pôs em solo fértil. Ela as plantou como um salgueiro junto a muita água,
6 e elas brotaram e formaram uma videira baixa e copada. Seus ramos se voltaram para a águia, mas as suas raízes permaneceram debaixo da videira. A videira desenvolveu-se e cobriu-se de ramos, brotos e folhas.
7 “Mas havia outra águia grande, com asas poderosas e rica plumagem. A videira lançou suas raízes na direção dessa águia, desde o lugar onde estava plantada, e estendeu seus ramos para ela em busca de água.
8 Ora, ela havia sido plantada em terreno bom, junto a muita água, onde produziria ramos, daria fruto e se tornaria uma videira viçosa.
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