Ezekiel 17:10
in Ezekiel 17Even 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.’”
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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.
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This verse in Ezekiel 17
Commentary
7 notes on this verseShall - 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
(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
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 & Brown1802–1910
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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִנֵּ֥ה | vehineh | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| שְׁתוּלָ֖ה | shetulah | [it is] planted | H8362 → | 10 times |
| הֲתִצְלָ֑ח | hatitzlach | ¿ will it prosper | H6743 → | 65 times |
| הֲלוֹא֩ | halo' | ¿ not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| כְגַ֨עַת | khegaat | when touches | H5060 → | 150 times |
| בָּ֜הּ | bah | <in> it | ||
| ר֤וּחַ | ruach | [the] wind of | H7307 → | 378 times |
| הַקָּדִים֙ | hakadim | the east | H6921 → | 69 times |
| תִּיבַ֣שׁ | tivash | will it wither | H3001 → | 59 times |
| יָבֹ֔שׁ | yavosh | completely <to wither> | H3001 → | 59 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| עֲרֻגֹ֥ת | ʾarugot | [the] beds of | H6170 → | |
| צִמְחָ֖הּ | tzimchah | growth its | H6780 → | 12 times |
| תִּיבָֽשׁ׃ פ | tivash | it will wither | H3001 → | 59 times |
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 stopsEach 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 15:6If 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.
- Matthew 7:19
Through
Jude 1:12These 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…
- Matthew 15:13
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About Ezekiel

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.
