Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 17:10

Yea, behold, [being] planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

10. Destruction under another figure, that of the east wind, before which vegetation crumbles into dust. Cf. ch. Eze 19:12; Hos 13:15; Isa 27:8; Isa 40:7; Job 27:21.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Verse 10. Shall – utterly whither] The regal government shall be no more restored. Zedekiah shall be the last king, and the monarchy shall finally terminate with him.

Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible

Nay, suppose this contrivance were successful, suppose this vine were planted by the help of Egypt, could it possibly prosper? No, no.

When the east wind; when the king of Babylon, which like the blasting wind conms from the north-east, shall but touch it, it will utterly wither.

In the furrows; even amidst its greatest and best helps to make it flourish. This discontent, ingratitude, and treachery will occasion the utter ruin of this people.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

10. being plantedthat is,”though planted.”

east windThe east windwas noxious to vegetation in Palestine; a fit emblem of Babylon,which came from the northeast.

wither in . . . furrows whereit grewZedekiah was taken at Jericho, on Jewish soil (Jer52:8). “It shall wither, although it has furrows from whichit expects continual waterings” [CALVIN],(Eze 19:12; Hos 13:15).

Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yea, behold, [being] planted,…. Supposing it ever so well planted, as first by Nebuchadnezzar; and still put into a better condition by the assistance of the king of Egypt, as was imagined:

shall it prosper? it shall not; their own strength, with the help of the king of Egypt, will not be able to protect them from the rage of the king of Babylon:

shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? which is very hurtful to vines, and by which is meant the Chaldean army; for Babylon, as Kimchi observes, lay northeast of the land of Israel; and it signifies how easily the destruction would be brought about, it would be only a touch of the east wind, and this vine would wither away atones:

it shall wither in the furrows where it grew; notwithstanding its being watered by Egypt, or the help and assistance that could afford it; or amidst all its prosperity, and the means of it, and the springing growing hope it had; or in the very country itself where it had been planted, and had flourished; Zedekiah and his princes were taken in the plains of Jericho, and his children and princes were put to death in Riblah, Jer 52:8.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

10. When the east wind toucheth it After having been pulled up it shall not take root again, but shall wither where it falls (xix, 12). “Its destruction shall come from the quarter where it derived its origin.” Skinner.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Eze 17:10 Yea, behold, [being] planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

Ver. 10. Shall it not utterly wither? ] As Jonah’s gourd did when smitten with a worm; as Phocas’s wall came down with a witness, because built upon mines of gunpowder – sin lay at the bottom, as one told him – which, being once fired, would blow up all.

When the east wind toucheth it. ] Which is very hurtful to vines, saith, Columella. As all creatures, so the winds are God’s agents; as to purge the air – Rupertus calleth them the besoms of the air – and to refresh men’s spirits, so to execute many of God’s judgments upon his rebels, as here. Aliorum perditio nostra sit cautio; Let other men’s destruction be our instruction.

It shall wither in the furrows where it grew, ] i.e., In Egypt, where it rained not, but was all watered by furrows drawn from Nile, to run into all their fields. Here this vine should thrive, one would think, if anywhere – viz., in moist and fat furrows but it could not, because blasted by God’s curse.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

it: i.e. the vine.

wind. Hebrew. ruach, App-9.

Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics

shall it: Eze 19:12-14, Hos 12:1, Hos 13:15, Mat 21:19, Mar 11:20, Joh 15:6, Jud 1:12

Reciprocal: Gen 41:6 – blasted Isa 1:30 – ye shall be Jer 4:11 – A Jer 32:5 – though Eze 17:9 – Shall it Eze 17:16 – even Hab 1:9 – their faces shall sup up as the east

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Eze 17:10. Maintaining the figurative form of a vine for Egypt, the writer predicted that the plant would not prosper, which means it would not succeed in the plans for coming to the aid of Judah.

Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary

17:10 Yea, behold, [being] planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, {i} when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

(i) By this dry wind he means the Babylonians.

Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes