Ezechiele 19:10

10 Tua madre era, come te, simile a una vigna, piantata presso alle acque; era feconda, ricca di tralci, per l’abbondanza dell’acque.

Ezechiele 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.

Ezechiele 19:10 In-Context

8 Ma da tutte le provincie all’intorno le nazioni gli diedero addosso, gli tesero contro le loro reti, e fu preso nella loro fossa.

9 Lo misero in una gabbia con dei raffi alle mascelle e lo menarono al re di Babilonia; lo menarono in una fortezza, perché la sua voce non fosse più udita sui monti d’Israele.

10 Tua madre era, come te, simile a una vigna, piantata presso alle acque; era feconda, ricca di tralci, per l’abbondanza dell’acque.

11 aveva de’ rami forti, da servire di scettri a sovrani; s’ergeva nella sua sublimità, fra il folto dei tralci; era appariscente per la sua elevatezza, per la moltitudine de’ suoi sarmenti.

12 Ma è stata divelta con furore, e gettata a terra; il vento orientale ne ha seccato il frutto, i rami forti ne sono stati rotti e seccati, il fuoco li ha divorati.