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Ezekiel 17:10

in Ezekiel 17

Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the beds where it grew.

KJV

Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

This verse in Ezekiel 17

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Shall - utterly whither - The regal government shall be no more restored. Zedekiah shall be the last king, and the monarchy shall finally terminate with him.

This site's exposition

Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper?

on Ezekiel 17:9-10

The riddle answers its own question: a vine that abandons the root that planted it will not prosper, and the east wind withers it. Henry reads the double rhetorical question as building the verdict into the puzzle, so that Zedekiah's own court would have to pronounce its own sentence.

This site's exposition

when the east wind strikes

Clarke reads the withering as the end of the monarchy itself. Zedekiah would be the last king of Judah, and after the fall no son of David would sit on its throne in the prophet's day. The bed where it sprouted is Judah's own soil.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 7 and following) And another great eagle appeared, with large wings and many feathers. And behold, this vineyard sent out its roots toward it, extending its branches toward it, in order to be irrigated by the streams of its sap. It was planted in good soil, above abundant waters, in order to produce leaves and bear fruit, and to become a great vineyard. Say: Thus says the Lord God: Will it succeed?

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He needs not great power and many people to effect his purposes; a handful will serve if he pleases. He can without any difficulty ruin a sinful king and kingdom, and make no more of it than we do of rooting up a tree that cumbers the ground. In the explanation of the parable the sentence is very largely recorded: Shall be prosper?
Yea, behold, being planted,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

being planted--that is, "though planted." east wind--The east wind was noxious to vegetation in Palestine; a fit emblem of Babylon, which came from the northeast. wither in . . . furrows where it grew--Zedekiah was taken at Jericho, on Jewish soil (Jer 52:8).

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The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהִנֵּ֥הand there!

    vehinehH2009 →843 times

  • שְׁתוּלָ֖ה[it is] planted

    shetulahH8362 →10 times

  • הֲתִצְלָ֑ח¿ will it prosper

    hatitzlachH6743 →65 times

  • הֲלוֹא֩¿ not

    halo'H3808 →5168 times

  • כְגַ֨עַתwhen touches

    khegaatH5060 →150 times

  • בָּ֜הּ<in> it

    bah

  • ר֤וּחַ[the] wind of

    ruachH7307 →378 times

  • הַקָּדִים֙the east

    hakadimH6921 →69 times

  • תִּיבַ֣שׁwill it wither

    tivashH3001 →59 times

  • יָבֹ֔שׁcompletely <to wither>

    yavoshH3001 →59 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • עֲרֻגֹ֥ת[the] beds of

    ʾarugotH6170 →

  • צִמְחָ֖הּgrowth its

    tzimchahH6780 →12 times

  • תִּיבָֽשׁ׃ פit will wither

    tivashH3001 →59 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    John 15:6

    If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 7:19

      Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

    • Hebrews 6:7–8

      For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.

    • Matthew 13:41

      The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.

    • John 15:2

      He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.

    • Matthew 3:10

      The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Through

    Jude 1:12

    These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after…

    it leads to

    • Matthew 15:13

      But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Peter 2:17–20

      These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

    • Ezekiel 34:8

      ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My…

Where this verse is studied

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About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.