Ezekiel 17:5 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The seed of the land - Zedekiah, brother of Jehoiachin. Planted it in a fruitful field - Made him king of Judea in place of his brother. Placed it by great waters - Put him under the protection of Babylon, situated on the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates. And set it as a willow tree - Made him dependent on this city of great waters, as the willow is on humidity.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This was one of the seed of the land, a native, not a foreigner, not one of his Babylonian princes; he was planted in a fruitful field, for so Jerusalem as yet was; he placed it by great waters, where it would be likely to grow, like a willow-tree, which grows quickly, and grows best in moist ground, but is never designed nor expected to be a stately tree.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקַּח֙	vai.yi.Kach	and it took	H3947 →
מִזֶּ֣רַע	mi.Ze.ra'	one of [the] seed of	H2233 →
הָאָ֔רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּ	vai.yi.te.Ne.hu	and it put it	H5414 →
בִּשְׂדֵה־	bis.deh-	in a field of	H7704 →
זָ֑רַע	Za.ra'	seed	H2233 →
קָ֚ח	kach	<you> take [it]	H3947 →
עַל־	'al-	at	H5921 →
מַ֣יִם	Ma.yim	waters	H4325 →
רַבִּ֔ים	ra.Bim	many	H7227 →
צַפְצָפָ֖ה	tzaf.tza.Fah	a willow	H6851 →
שָׂמֽוֹ׃	sa.Mo	it placed it	H7760 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 44:4
They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.
leads to
- Isaiah 58:11
  The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
- Psalms 1:3
  He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
- Psalms 92:13–15
  Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
- Psalms 137:1–2
  By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
- Acts 4:4
  But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
Through
2 Kings 24:17
Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
leads to
- Jeremiah 37:1
  Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.
- 2 Chronicles 36:4
  Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.
Through
Isaiah 15:7
So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.
leads to
- Jeremiah 48:36
  Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Ezekiel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Ezekiel