Ezekiel 17:5
5 He took one of the seedlings ▼
▼tn Heb “took of the seed of the land.” For the vine imagery, “seedling” is a better translation, though in its subsequent interpretation the “seed” refers to Zedekiah through its common application to offspring.
of the land, placed it in a cultivated plot; ▼
▼tn Heb “a field for seed.”
a shoot by abundant water,
like a willow he planted it.
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