Ezekiel 19:10

10 Ta mère était, comme toi, semblable à une vigne plantée près des eaux; elle était chargée de fruits et de sarments, grâce à l'abondance des eaux.

Ezekiel 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.

Ezekiel 19:10 In-Context

8 Contre lui se rangèrent les nations de toutes les contrées voisines, et elles jetèrent sur lui leurs filets; il fut pris dans leur fosse.

9 Elles le mirent en cage, avec des boucles aux narines; puis elles l'emmenèrent auprès du roi de Babylone, et le conduisirent dans une forteresse, afin qu'on n'entendît plus sa voix sur les montagnes d'Israël.

10 Ta mère était, comme toi, semblable à une vigne plantée près des eaux; elle était chargée de fruits et de sarments, grâce à l'abondance des eaux.

11 Elle avait de vigoureux rameaux pour des sceptres de souverains; par son élévation elle atteignait jusqu'aux branches touffues; elle attirait les regards par sa hauteur et par l'abondance de ses rameaux.

12 Mais elle fut arrachée avec fureur et jetée par terre; le vent d'orient a desséché son fruit; ses rameaux vigoureux ont été brisés et desséchés;