King James Version
Ezekiel 17:4 in the King James Version says “He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.”
Ezekiel 17:4 · KJV
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged , full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: divers: Heb. embroidering
He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree. planted: Heb. put it in a field of seed
And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the top”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
“it in a city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“he set”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
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