Ezekiel 17:6 meaning and explanation

It sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in height, with branches turned toward him; yet its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and yielded branches and sent out shoots.

Ezekiel 17:6, Berean Standard Bible

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In Ezekiel's parable the first great eagle is Babylon, and the seed planted by abundant waters is Zedekiah, the king Babylon installed in Jerusalem. The vine that sprouts is low and spreading, its branches turned toward the eagle, because the kingdom survived only as a weak vassal dependent on its overlord.

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