Sceptres - (Genesis 49:10).

The thick branches - Or, the clouds; so (Ezekiel 31:3), ([Reference Ezekie…

Thick branches should rather be translated clouds. It is a hyperbolical expression within this imagery, to express the ex…

Here Ezekiel places before our eyes the twofold state of the Jews, so that they might acknowledge they had fallen into extreme misery because they …

And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bear
rule
That is, many sprung …

Jerusalem was a vine, flourishing and fruitful. This vine is now destroyed, though not plucked up by the roots. She has by wickedness made herself …