Chapter 17:
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Ezekiel 17
The parable of two eagles and a vine, ver. 1-10. The
application of it, ver. 11-21. A promise to raise the house of David
again, ver. 22-24.
Verse 2. A riddle - A dark saying. The house of Israel - The remainders
of the house of Israel, whether of the ten, or of the two tribes.
Verse 3. A great eagle - Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is compared
to a great eagle, the king of birds, swift, strong, rapacious. Great
wings - Mighty provinces on each side of his kingdom. Long
winged - His kingdom was widely extended. Full of feathers -
And full of people. Divers colours - Who were of divert nations,
languages and manners. Lebanon - Jerusalem the chief city of the
country where this great, fruitful and pleasant hill was. And took -
Took, captive and carried away with him the king of Judah,
Jehoiachin. The cedar - The nation.
Verse 4. The top - Both the king of Judah, now eighteen years old, and
the nobles and chief of the land. Into a land - Babylon, which was
a city of mighty trade.
Verse 5. The seed - Mattaniah, whom he called Zedekiah. Planted -
Settled him on the throne of Judah. As a willow - The prophet
compares this new made king to a willow, which grows no where
so well as near great waters.
Verse 6. Of low stature - They grew and flourish, while they owned their
state tributary to Babylon. Toward him - Nebuchadnezzar as their
protector, and sovereign Lord. The roots - All the firmness,
fruitfulness, and life of this state, was in subjection to him.
Verse 7. Another - The king of Egypt. This vine - Zedekiah, his nobles
and people. Did bend - Sought his friendship. Shot forth - Sent
ambassadors, and trusted to the power of Egypt. Water it - That
they might add to their greatness, as trees grow by seasonable
watering them. By the furrows - Alluding to the manner of
watering used in Egypt, by furrows or trenches to convey the
water from the river Nile.
Verse 8. Was planted - By Nebuchadnezzar, in a very hopeful condition,
where it might have been fruitful, and flourished.
Verse 9. Say - Tell them what will be the issue of all this, and tell it to
them in my name. It prosper - Shall Zedekiah and his people
thrive by this? Pull up - Utterly overthrow this kingdom. Cut Off -
Put to the sword the children of Zedekiah, and of the nobles. The
leaves - All the promising hope they had shall vanish. Without
great power - The king of Babylon shall do this easily, when it is
God that sends him. For God needs not great power and many
people, to effect his purposes. He can without any difficulty
overturn a sinful king and kingdom, and make no more of it than
we do of rooting up a tree that cumbers the ground.
Verse 10. Yea - Suppose this vine were planted by the help of Egypt.
The east wind - When the king of Babylon, who like the blasting
wind comes from the northeast, shall but touch it, it shall wither.
In the furrows - Even amidst its greatest helps, to make it flourish.
Verse 15. He - Zedekiah. Shall he break - Can perjury be the way for
deliverance?
Verse 18. Given his hand - Solemnly confirming the oath.
Verse 20. Plead - I will punish him.
Verse 21. All - Not strictly, but the greatest part.
Verse 22. The highest branch - Of the royal seed; of the highest branch
that is heir to the throne; namely, the Messiah. An high mountain
- Upon mount Zion. Eminent - Not for outward splendour, but for
spiritual advantages.
Verse 23. In the mountain - In Jerusalem. All fowl - All nations. In the
shadow - There they shall find peace and safety.
Verse 24. The trees - The great ones on earth. The high tree - The
kingdom of Babylon, which was brought low indeed, when
overthrown by Darius and Cyrus.
Chapter 17:
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| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
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| Wesley
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 Lamentations Daniel
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