Ezekiel 17:4-5

17:4

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.

17:5

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.