Ezekiel 17:5

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Then he took a seed from the land, placed it in fertile soil; A plant by abundant waters, he set it like a willow twig.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:17

The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

Isaiah 15:7

Therefore the abundance they have gained and what they have laid up they carry away over the Wadi of the Willows.

Isaiah 44:4

They shall spring up like a green tamarisk, like willows by flowing streams.

Jeremiah 12:2

You plant them, and they take root; they grow and bring forth fruit; you are near in their mouths yet far from their hearts.

Jeremiah 37:1

Zedekiah son of Josiah, whom King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, succeeded Coniah son of Jehoiakim.

Ezekiel 17:13

He took one of the royal offspring and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath (he had taken away the chief men of the land),

Ezekiel 17:4

broke off its topmost shoot; He carried it to a land of trade, set it in a city of merchants.

Ezekiel 17:6

It sprouted and became a vine spreading out, but low; Its branches turned toward him, its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine; it brought forth branches, put forth foliage.

Ezekiel 31:4

The waters nourished it, the deep made it grow tall, making its rivers flow around the place it was planted, sending forth its streams to all the trees of the field.

Ezekiel 31:5

So it towered high above all the trees of the field; its boughs grew large and its branches long, from abundant water in its shoots.