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John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 17:5
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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He took also of the seed of the land, &c.] Of the land of Judea, a native of it, not a stranger; not one of another country, a Babylonian; not one of his own nobles or princes, did Nebuchadnezzar, the eagle, take and set upon the throne of Judea, but one of their own, even one of the king’s seed, of the blood royal, as it is explained, (<261713>Ezekiel 17:13), Mattaniah, the uncle of Jeconiah, whom the king of Babylon called Zedekiah, and made him king in his room: and planted it in a fruitful field; in the land of Judea, and in Jerusalem the royal city: he placed [it] by great waters; many people, (<661715>Revelation 17:15); over whom he ruled, and by whom he was supported in his royal dignity: [and] set it [as] a willow tree; which loves moist places, and grows up thick: unless it should be rendered, “he set it with great circumspection”f254; took a great deal of care and caution in placing him upon the throne; he made a covenant with him, took an oath of him, and hostages for the performance of it, (<261713>Ezekiel 17:13). The Targum is, “a planted vine he set it,” to make it agree with what follows; but the word in the Chaldee and Arabic languages signifies a kind of willow, as we render it, as Ben Melech observesf255.
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