Ezekiel 19:10
8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.
- KJV
- Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
- WEB
- “‘Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. It was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
- ASV
- Thy mother was like a vine, in thy blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
- DARBY
- Thy mother was as a vine, in thy rest, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
- BLB
- Your mother [was] was like a vine in your vineyard; by the waters she was planted; she was fruitful and full of branches from the many waters.
- ÅB
- Mens du levde i ro, var din mor som et vintre plantet ved vann; fruktbart og fullt av greiner var det, fordi det hadde meget vann.
- OTB
- Din mor var som en vintre i din vingård, plantet ved vannene; den var fruktbar og full av grener på grunn av rikelig vann.
- B1930
- Mens du levde i ro, var din mor som et vintre plantet ved vann; fruktbart og fullt av grener var det, fordi det hadde meget vann.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 80:8–11
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:7
For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
Read in contextMatthew 21:33–41
Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
Read in contextNumbers 24:6–7
As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Read in contextPsalms 89:25–29
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:9
A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
Read in contextEzekiel 19:2
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
Read in contextEzekiel 17:6
And 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.
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