Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood , planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
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Gill's Exposition
Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood,.... Another simile is here made use of, relating to the same persons; the same that were compared to a lioness are here compared to a vine, as the people of the…
Barnes' Notes
Thy mother - Judah or Jerusalem. Jehoiachin is still addressed. In thy blood - Blood is equivalent to “life” Gen 9:4. The clause is equivalent to “Thy mother is a vine, living in thy blood,” i. e., in…
Adam Clarke
Thy mother (Jerusalem) is like a vine in thy blood - Of this expression I know not what to make. Some think the meaning is "A vine planted by the waters to produce the blood of the grape." See Deu…
Jerusalem, the mother-city, is here represented by another similitude; she is a vine, and the princes are her branches. This comparison we had before, Eze 15:1. Jerusalem is as a vine; the Jewish…
The fate of Zedekiah and his country, on which he has brought ruin
Israel was once a spreading vine by great waters; her branches rose into the clouds, and her rods were rulers" sceptres a powerful…
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