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James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 17:1-24

PARABLES AND RIDDLES THE UNFAITHFUL WIFE (Ezekiel 16:0 ) The theme of chapter 16 is Jerusalem and her abominations (Ezekiel 16:1-2 ), but it is worked out in parabolic form, Jerusalem, or the nation of Israel, being personified as a female. There are five stages in the story: (1) Jehovah adopts her as an infant (Ezekiel 16:1-7 ); (2) when attained to marriageable age she becomes his wife (Ezekiel 16:8-14 ); (3) as a wife she proves unfaithful (Ezekiel 16:15-34 ); (4) punishment follows... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Ezekiel 17:1-24

Prophecy In Parable Eze 17:2 The word "riddle" may in this connection mean parable, picture, symbol; whatever will excite and interest the imagination. "A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours" this is a parabolical representation of Nebuchadnezzar "came unto Lebanon" came unto Jerusalem "and took the highest branch of the cedar" there was so much cedar in Jerusalem and in the holy edifice that the term "Lebanon" became not inappropriate as a... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Ezekiel 17:11-21

We have here the Lord's own explanation of the parable. Israel is called a rebellious house, for it had been so to the Lord, and also to the King of Babylon. Indeed, if a nation be unfaithful to the Lord, it could not be expected that it would he found faithful to men. But what I beg the Reader more particularly to notice in this part of the chapter is, the Lord's resentment of the King of Israel's unfaithfulness to the King of Babylon. Twice the Lord swears by His great name that he will... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 17:12

Shall, or, "hath taken," &c., (Challoner) as also (ver. 13.) Sedecias was seized five years after, chap. viii. 1. Jechonias, the princes, mighty warriors, (ver. 13.) and expert artists, had been taken away six years before, with the prophet. Protestants, "is come,...and hath taken," &c. (Haydock) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 17:11-21

11-21 The parable is explained, and the particulars of the history of the Jewish nation at that time may be traced. Zedekiah had been ungrateful to his benefactor, which is a sin against God. In every solemn oath, God is appealed to as a witness of the sincerity of him that swears. Truth is a debt owing to all men. If the professors of the true religion deal treacherously with those of a false religion, their profession makes their sin the worse; and God will the more surely and severely punish... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Ezekiel 17:11-24

The Double Application of the Parable v. 11. Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, v. 12. Say now to the rebellious house, literally, "the house of rebelliousness," the children of Israel, to whom this parable had been told as a warning, Know ye not what these things mean? Were they intellectually as well as morally stupid? Tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, 2 Kings 24:11 ff. ; Jeremiah 24:1; Jeremiah 29:2, and hath taken the king thereof, namely,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ezekiel 17:1-24

6. The Riddle about the Royal House of David (Ezekiel 17:0.)1And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto [for] the house of Israel. 3And say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, The great eagle, with great wings, with long wing-feathers, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and 4took the topmost branch [leafy crown] of the cedar. The topmost of its shoots he cropt off, and brought it to the land of Canaan; in a city... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 17:1-24

Commanded by Jehovah, the prophet then put forth a riddle. A great eagle came on Lebanon, and took off the top of the cedar, planting the young twigs in a land of traffic, a city of merchants. Moreover, he carried away the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil, where it became a spreading vine. There was also another great eagle toward which the vine bent its roots, that he might water it. For this act of treachery the vine was denounced by command of Jehovah. Its judgment was... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 17:11-12

The Significance of the Parable. ‘Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “Say now to the rebellious house, Do you know what these things mean? Tell them, behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took its king and its princes and brought them to him in Babylon.” Once more the voluntarily dumb prophet speaks, for he has a word from Yahweh. And once again the exiles are called ‘the rebellious house’ (twelve times in all - compare Ezekiel 2:5-6; Ezekiel 2:8; Ezekiel 3:9; Ezekiel... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 17:1-24

Ezekiel 17. The Perfidious King.— Jerusalem, as we have seen, is to be punished for her guilty past and her perfidious people ( Ezekiel 17:16), but no less for her guilty present and her perfidious king. This truth is driven home in another allegory, here called a “ riddle” and “ parable,” set forth in Ezekiel 17:1-2 Samuel : and expounded in Ezekiel 17:11-Ecclesiastes :; and thus for the second time ( Ezekiel 12:1-Nehemiah :) Ezekiel shatters the illusion of the stability of the king and the... read more