That the kingdom might be base. —(See the Notes on Ezekiel 17:6.)

An explanation of the allegory is now added. The figure being dropped, God shows what He had until now set forth enigmatically. We said the object …

That the kingdom might be base Low or humble; its king but a viceroy, a tributary to the king of Babylon; and the subject…

The parable is explained, and the particulars of the history of the Jewish nation at that time may be traced. Zedekiah had been ungrateful to his b…