Ezekiel 19:12 WEB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 19:10-14

Jerusalem, the mother-city, is here represented by another similitude; she is a vine, and the princes are her branches. This comparison we had before, Ezek. 15:1. Jerusalem is as a vine; the Jewish nation is so: Like a vine in they blood (Ezek. 19:10), the blood-royal, like a vine set in blood and watered with blood, which contributes very much to the flourishing and fruitfulness of vines, as if the blood which had been shed had been designed for the fattening and improving of the soil, in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 19:12

But she was plucked up in fury ,.... This vine being turned into a degenerate plant of a strange vine; or the people of the Jews becoming wicked, disobedient to God, and disregarding his laws and ordinances, the wrath of God came upon them, and let in the Assyrians among them, who carried off ten tribes at once; and the tribes of Judah and Benjamin not taking warning hereby, but continuing and increasing in sinful courses, great part of them were carried captive into Babylon, with their king... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 19:12

But she was plucked up in fury - Jerusalem; taken after a violent and most destructive siege; Nebuchadnezzar being violently enraged against Zedekiah for breaking his oath to him. She was cast down to the ground - Jerusalem was totally ruined, by being burned to the ground. Her strong rods were broken - The children of Zedekiah were slain before his eyes, and after that his own eyes pulled out; and he was laden with chains, and carried into Babylon. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 19:12

Verse 12 Let us come now to the second clause. He says that the vine was torn away in wrath, thrown on the ground, and dried by the east wind, and that its boughs were broken off and withered, and consumed by fire. I have now briefly explained the Prophet’s meaning. As the Jews had grown stupid in their calamity, and were not humbled so as suppliantly to fly to God’s mercy, the Prophet corrects their torpor when he shows them their origin. He now says that they were reduced to extreme... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:10-14

The parable of the destruction of the vine. The Jews have often been compared to a vine well cared for by God, and the same comparison, on our Lord's authority, may be applied to Christians. In the present case we have a description first of the prosperity of the vine, and then of the devastating ruin of it. I. THE PROSPERITY OF THE VINE . 1 . It was planted by the waters . Thus it was well nourished and refreshed. God cares for his children, and supplies their wants.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:10-14

The downfall of the city. The transition is a bold one, from the figure of the lioness's whelps to that of the vine with its pride of growth and its clusters of fruit, and anon as withered and. scorched and ready to perish. Little is there of tenderness or of sympathy in the prophet's view of the degenerate scions of the royal house of Judah. But when he comes to speak of Jerusalem, a sweeter similitude rises before his vision; it is the vine that grew and flourished on the sunny slopes of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:10-14

A nation's rise and fall. If the emblem chosen to represent the Hebrew kings was a lion, "the lion of the tribe of Judah," the emblem of the nation was a vine. The vine was indigenous in the land; the whole territory was a vineyard. As the vine is chief among trees for fruitfulness, so Israel, on account of superior advantage, was expected to be chief among the nations for spiritual productiveness. The fruits of piety and righteousness ought to have abounded on every branch. I. HER ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:10-14

National prosperity and national ruin. "Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters," etc. This paragraph completes the lamentation for the princes of Israel. The figure is changed from the lioness and the young lions to the vine and its branches and fruit. This similitude is frequently used in the sacred Scriptures to represent the people of Israel ( Ezekiel 15:1-8 .; Ezekiel 17:5-10 ; Psalms 80:8-16 ; Isaiah 5:1-7 ; Jeremiah 2:21 ). The parable before us... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:12

The parable, like that of Ezekiel 17:10 , describes the sudden downfall of Jerusalem and the kingly house. The "dry ground" is Babylon, and the new "planting" indicates the deportation of Jehoiachin and the chief men of Judah. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 19:12

This is a dirge; and therefore that which is foreseen by the prophet, the capture and burning of Jerusalem, is described as already accomplished. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 19:10-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 19:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 19:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 19:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:10-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:10-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:10-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:10-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 19:12

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