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He took one of the seedlings[a] of the land,
placed it in a cultivated plot;[b]
a shoot by abundant water,
like a willow he planted it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 17:5 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.
  2. Ezekiel 17:5 tn Heb “a field for seed.”