Ezekiel 17:5

He took one of the seedlings ¹  of the land, placed it in a cultivated plot; ²  a shoot by abundant water, like a willow he planted it.

De 8:7-9; 2Ki 24:17; Isa 15:7; Isa 44:4; Jer 37:1; Eze 17:13; Eze 19:11,12

¹ 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.

² tn Heb “a field for seed.”