Eze 17:9-10 | JFB | STEP | 9. Shall it prosper? —Could it be that gratuitous treason should prosper? God will not allow it. "It," that is, the vine. he . . . pull up —that is, the first eagle, or Nebuchadnezzar. in all . . . leaves of her spring —that is, all its springing (sprouting) leaves. without great power or many —It shall not need all the forces of Babylon to destroy it; a small division of the army will suffice because God will deliver it into Nebuchadnezzar's hand ( ).

Ezekiel 17:9-10

9. Shall it prosper?—Could it be that gratuitous treason should prosper? God will not allow it. "It," that is, the vine.

he . . . pull up—that is, the first eagle, or Nebuchadnezzar.

in all . . . leaves of her spring—that is, all its springing (sprouting) leaves.

without great power or many—It shall not need all the forces of Babylon to destroy it; a small division of the army will suffice because God will deliver it into Nebuchadnezzar's hand (Jer 37:10).

10. being planted—that is, "though planted."

east wind—The east wind was noxious to vegetation in Palestine; a fit emblem of Babylon, which came from the northeast.

wither in . . . furrows where it grew—Zedekiah was taken at Jericho, on Jewish soil (Jer 52:8). "It shall wither, although it has furrows from which it expects continual waterings" [CALVIN], (Eze 19:12; Ho 13:15).