Ezekiel 17:5-6

17:5 He took one of the seedlings ¹  of the land,

placed it in a cultivated plot; ² 

a shoot by abundant water,

like a willow he planted it.

17:6 It sprouted and became a vine,

spreading low to the ground; ³ 

its branches turning toward him, ⁴  its roots were under itself. ⁵ 

So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.

[17:5]  ¹ tn Heb “took of the seed of the land.” For the vine imagery, “seedling” is a better translation, though in its subsequent interpretation the “seed” refers to Zedekiah through its common application to offspring.

[17:5]  ² tn Heb “a field for seed.”

[17:6]  ³ tn Heb “short of stature.”

[17:6]  ⁴ tn That is, the eagle.

[17:6]  ⁵ tn Or “him,” i.e., the eagle.