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He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow-tree.
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A Native Ruler Appointed
Commentators unanimously identify the "seed of the land" as Zedekiah, a member of Judah's royal family. Instead of installing a foreign governor, the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar appointed a native prince to rule. This detail is key to understanding the rest of the parable about loyalty and betrayal.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He took also of the seed of the land - Zedekiah the king’s uncle, not a Babylonian satrap, was made king.
19th Century
Anglican
Of the seed of the land. —In place of the captive Jehoiachin, Nebuchadnezzar did not set over the land an eastern satrap, but appo…
16th Century
Protestant
After Ezekiel has narrated that Jehoiacin was carried away with his counselors and the choicest of all the people, and was so deprived of his nativ…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He took also of the seed of the land Of the land of Judea, a native of it, not a stranger; not one of another country, a …
Mighty conquerors are aptly likened to birds or beasts of prey, but their destructive passions are overruled to advance God's designs. Those who de…
