Ezekiel 17:3-10
great .... broad <01419> [A great.]
Nebuchadnezzar, so called from his towering ambition and rapaciousness.
great .... broad wings <03671 01419> [great wings.]
Extensive empire, both in length and breadth.
full <04392> [full.]
Numerous subjects, of various nations, and of different languages and manners.
multi-hued <07553> [divers colours. Heb. embroidering. came.]
Came against Judah and Jerusalem.
top <06788> [the highest.]
Jeconiah, whom he took captive to Babylon.
cedar <0730> [the cedar.]
The royal and ancient family of David.
topmost <07218> [the top.]
The princes of Judah.
land <0776> [into.]
land <0776> [a land. Chaldea. a city.]
Babylon, which by means of the Euphrates and Tigris, had communications with the richest and most distant nations.
seedlings ......... cultivated <02233> [the seed.]
Zedekiah, brother to Jeconiah.
seedlings ..... placed ..... cultivated plot <02233 07704 05414> [planted it in a fruitful field. Heb. put it in a field of seed.]
Made him king of Judea.
took <03947> [he placed.]
Made him dependent on Babylon, the city of great waters, as the willow is on humidity.
sprouted <06779> [it grew.]
branches <01808> [whose.]
The Jewish state had then no height of dominion; and Zedekiah was wholly dependent on Nebuchadnezzar.
another <0259> [another.]
Pharaoh-hophra, or Apries, king of Egypt.
twisted <03719> [did bend.]
Looked to him for support, in his intended rebellion.
field <07704> [soil. Heb. field.]
bear <05375> [and that.]
Though he was dependent on Babylon, yet he was in such a situation as would have enabled him to reign in credit, and be useful to his people.
prosper <06743> [Shall it.]
Shall he succeed in casting off the yoke of the king of Babylon, to whom he had sworn fealty?
rip out <05423> [shall he.]
He shall come and dethrone him, and carry him captive.
fruit <06529> [the fruit.]
The children of Zedekiah.
strong <01419> [even.]
prosper ..... wither completely ............ wither <06743 03001> [shall it.]
Ezekiel 17:22-24
top <06788> [highest.]
tender <07390> [a tender.]
high <01364> [upon.]
raise <05375> [and it.]
live ........ live <07931> [under.]
trees ................ tree ........ tree ...... tree ........ tree <06086> [all the trees.]
low <08213> [have brought.]
Lord ............................. Lord ... spoken <03068 01696> [I the Lord have spoken.]
Ezekiel 19:10
mother <0517> [mother.]
vine <01612> [like.]
vineyard <01818> [blood. or, quietness, or, likeness. she was.]
branches <06058> [full. Many princes.]
Romans 11:17-24
<1536> [some.]
<5607> [being.]
[among them. or, for them. and with.]
do not boast over ...... you boast ...... not <2620 3361 3756> [Boast not.]
you .... support <4771 941> [thou bearest.]
so that <2443> [that.]
Granted <2573> [Well.]
unbelief <570> [because.]
<1161> [and.]
<5309> [Be.]
but <235> [but.]
therefore <3767> [therefore.]
harshness .... harshness <663> [severity.]
The term severity [apotomia <\\See definition 663\\>,] from [apo <\\See definition 575\\>,] from, and [temno,] to cut off, properly denotes excision, cutting off, as the gardener cuts off, with a pruning knife, dead boughs, or luxuriant stems.
you continue ...... you <1437 4771 1961> [if thou.]
otherwise <1893> [otherwise.]
