"He also tooksomeof the seedof the landand plantedit in fertilesoil.He placed[it] besideabundantwaters;he setit [like] a willow.
Then the kingof Babylonmadehis uncleMattaniahkingin his place,and changedhis nameto Zedekiah.
Thereforethe abundance[which] they have acquiredand storedup They carryoff overthe brookof Arabim.
And they will springup amongthe grassLike poplarsby streamsof water.'
You have plantedthem, they have alsotakenroot;They grow,they have evenproducedfruit.You are nearto their lipsBut farfrom their mind.
Now Zedekiahthe sonof JosiahwhomNebuchadnezzarkingof Babylonhad madekingin the landof Judah,reignedas kingin placeof Coniahthe sonof Jehoiakim.
He tookone of the royalfamilyand madea covenantwith him, puttinghim under oath.He also tookaway the mightyof the land,
"He pluckedoffthe topmostof its youngtwigsand broughtit to a landof merchants;he setit in a cityof traders.
"Then it sproutedand becamea low,spreadingvinewith its branchesturnedtowardhim, but its rootsremainedunderit. So it becamea vineand yieldedshootsand sentout branches.
The watersmade it grow,the deepmadeit high.With its riversit continually extendedallaroundits plantingplace,And sentout its channelsto allthe treesof the field.
Thereforeits heightwas loftierthanallthe treesof the fieldAnd its boughsbecamemanyand its brancheslongBecauseof manywatersas it spreadthem out.
