Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 17:5

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5. seed of the land —not a foreign production, but one native in the region; a son of the soil, not a foreigner: Zedekiah, uncle of Jehoiachin, of David's family. in a fruitful field —literally, a "field of seed"; that is, fit for propagating and continuing the seed of the royal family. as a willow —derived from a Hebrew root, "to overflow," from its fondness for water ( Isaiah 44:4 ). Judea was "a land of brooks of water and fountains" ( Isaiah 44:4- : ; compare John 3:23 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-ezk-17-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/ezk-17-5

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological