The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Ezekiel 17:5 - New Revised Standard Version 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He took also of the seedlings of the land [Zedekiah, one of the native royal family] and planted it in fertile soil and a fruitful field; he placed it beside abundant waters and set it as a willow tree [to succeed Zedekiah's nephew Jehoiachin in Judah as vassal king]. American Standard Version (1901) He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow-tree. Common English Bible He took a native seed and planted it in a prepared field, placing it like a willow beside plentiful water. Catholic Public Domain Version And he took from the seed of the land and placed it in the ground for seed, so that it might take firm root above many waters; he placed it at the surface. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he took of the seed of the land and put it in the ground for seed, that it might take a firm root over many waters: he planted it on the surface of the earth. |
The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Therefore the abundance they have gained and what they have laid up they carry away over the Wadi of the Willows.
They shall spring up like a green tamarisk, like willows by flowing streams.
You plant them, and they take root; they grow and bring forth fruit; you are near in their mouths yet far from their hearts.
Zedekiah son of Josiah, whom King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, succeeded Coniah son of Jehoiakim.
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),
broke off its topmost shoot; He carried it to a land of trade, set it in a city of merchants.
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.
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.
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.