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.

"‘He took some of the seed of your land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water,

"He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil. He placed it beside abundant waters; he set it like a willow.

"Then he planted one of its seedlings in fertile ground beside a broad river, where it would grow as quickly as a willow tree.

Then he took a cutting from the land and planted it in good, well-watered soil, like a willow on a riverbank.

And he took some of the seed of the land, planting it in fertile earth, placing it by great waters; he put it in like a willow-tree.

Then he took a seed from the land, placed it in fertile soil; A plant by abundant waters, he set it like a willow twig.

Then he took some of the seed of the land And planted it in a fertile field; He placed it by abundant waters And set it like a willow tree.

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.

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.”