Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;
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Gill's Exposition
That the kingdom might be base,.... Low or humble; its king but a viceroy, a tributary to the king of Babylon; and the subjects obliged to a tax, payable to him; and this is intended by the vine being…
Adam Clarke
Know ye not what these things mean? - They are explained in this and the following verses.
We must take all these verses together, that we may have the parable and the explanation of it at one view before us, because they will illustrate one another. 1. The prophet is appointed to put forth…
Cambridge Bible
Interpretation of the riddle
12. the rebellious house i.e. Israel, ch. Eze 2:5.
king of Babylon is come Better past tenses throughout: came … and took; so Eze 17:17 and took. On the captivity of…
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