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Ezekiel 17:5-7
New English Translation
Ezekiel 17:5-7
New English Translation
5 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.
6 It sprouted and became a vine,
spreading low to the ground;[c]
its branches turning toward him,[d] its roots were under itself.[e]
So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.
7 “‘There was another great eagle[f]
with broad wings and thick plumage.
Now this vine twisted its roots toward him
and sent its branches toward him
to be watered from the soil where it was planted.
Footnotes
- 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.
- Ezekiel 17:5 tn Heb “a field for seed.”
- Ezekiel 17:6 tn Heb “short of stature.”
- Ezekiel 17:6 tn That is, the eagle.
- Ezekiel 17:6 tn Or “him,” i.e., the eagle.
- Ezekiel 17:7 sn The phrase another great eagle refers to Pharaoh Hophra.
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