Ezekiel 17:5
He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.
Note Hebrew in a field of seed
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.
Note planted…: Heb. put it in a field of seed
“‘“He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fruitful soil. He placed it beside many waters. He set it as a willow tree.
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow-tree.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the seed
- Zedekiah, brother to Jeconiah.
- Ezekiel 17:13; 2 Kings 24:17; Jeremiah 37:1
- planted it in a fruitful field
- Heb. put it in a field ofseed. Made him king of Judea.
- Deuteronomy 8:7–9
- he placed
- Made him dependent on Babylon, the city of great waters, as the willow is on humidity.
- Ezekiel 19:11, 12; Isaiah 15:7; Isaiah 44:4