Ezekiel 17:4
“He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
He took also of the seed of the land,.... Of the land of Judea, a native of it, not a stranger; not one of another…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The top of his young twigs - The princes of Judah.
A land of traffic - Chaldea.
A city of merchants - Babylon; for which…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ezekiel 17:1-21
We must take all these verses together, that we may have the parable and the explanation of it at one view before us,…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Ezekiel 17:1-10
The riddle of the great eagle
(1) Eze 17:1-4 introduction. The great, broadwinged, speckled eagle came to Lebanon, and…
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