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Ezekiel 17:4 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 17 · verse 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.Ezekiel 17:4 · King James Version
Ezekiel 17:4 in context
2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
3And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
4He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
5He 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.
6And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- traffickKᵉnaʻanKenaan, a son a HamH3667 →
- carriedbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- twigsyᵉnîyqâha sucker or saplingH3242 →
- landʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- offqâṭaphto strip offH6998 →
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We must take all these verses together, that we may have the parable and the explanation of it at one view before us, because they will illustrate one another. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-21