Abundant Beside Conspicuous Fertile Field Fruitful Placed Placing Planted Planting Seed Slip Soil Taketh Tree Twig Waters Willow Willow-tree
17:5 He took also of the {c} seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed [it] by great waters, [and] set it [as] a willow tree.
(c) That is, Zedekiah who was of the king's blood and was left at Jerusalem and made king instead of Jeconiah, 2Ki 24:17, Jer 37:1.
17:5 The seed - Mattaniah, whom he called Zedekiah. Planted - Settled him on the throne of Judah. As a willow - The prophet compares this new made king to a willow, which grows no where so well as near great waters.
17:1-10 Mighty conquerors are aptly likened to birds or beasts of prey, but their destructive passions are overruled to forward God's designs. Those who depart from God, only vary their crimes by changing one carnal confidence for another, and never will prosper.
Abundant Conspicuous Earth Fertile Field Fruitful Great Placed Planted Planting Seed Slip Soil Tree Twig Waters
Abundant Conspicuous Earth Fertile Field Fruitful Great Placed Planted Planting Seed Slip Soil Tree Twig Waters
