And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
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Gill's Exposition
And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bear rule,.... That is, many sprung from her, and rose up in that nation who were fit to hold sceptres to be kings, rulers and governors, and were…
Barnes' Notes
Sceptres - Gen 49:10. The thick branches - Or, the clouds; so Eze 31:3, Eze 31:10, Eze 31:14.
Adam Clarke
She had strong rods - Zedekiah, and his many sons.
Her stature was exalted - Zedekiah grew proud of his numerous offspring and prosperity; and although he copied the example of Jehoiakim, yet he…
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…
Cambridge Bible
sceptres … bare rule Or, for rulers" sceptres, i.e. royal sceptres. Out of Israel this vine there rose powerful native kings.
among the thick branches Or, into the clouds, cf. Eze 31:3; Eze 31:10; Eze…
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