17:5 He took one of the seedlings 2 of the land,
placed it in a cultivated plot; 3
a shoot by abundant water,
like a willow he planted it.
1 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the
2 tn Heb “took of the seed of the land.” For the vine imagery, “seedling” is a better translation, though in its subsequent interpretation the “seed” refers to Zedekiah through its common application to offspring.
3 tn Heb “a field for seed.”