Ezekiel Chapter 19 verse 10 Holy Bible
Thy mother was like a vine, in thy blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
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Your mother was in comparison like a vine, planted by the waters: she was fertile and full of branches because of the great waters.
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Thy mother was as a vine, in thy rest, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
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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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Your mother was like a vine, in your blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
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Thy mother `is' as a vine in thy blood by waters planted, Fruitful and full of boughs it hath been, Because of many waters.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 10. - Another parable comes close upon the heels of the first. Thy mother; sc. Judah or Jerusalem, as the mother of Jehoiachin, who is still in Ezekiel's thoughts, and is addressed by him. In thy blood. (For the comparison of the vine, see Ezekiel 17:6.) No satisfactory meaning can be got out of the words, the nearest being "in thy life, thy freshness," the sap of the vine being thought of as its blood; and critics have been driven to conjectural readings or renderings. The Jewish interpreters, Targum, Rashi, Kimchi, and margin of Revised Version, give, "in thy likeness," sc. "like thee;" Keil, "in thy repose," sc. in the period of quiet prosperity. Hitzig boldly adopts a reading which gives, "a vine climbing on the pomegranate;" but (?). The many waters reproduce the imagery of Ezekiel 17:5.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(10) A vine in thy blood.--The figure here changes to the more common one of a vine, yet by no means the "vine of low stature" of Ezekiel 17:6; it is rather a strong and goodly vine. The phrase "in thy blood" is obscure, and has occasioned much perplexity to the commentators. Some of the ancient versions and some manuscripts have modified the text; but the meaning seems to be, if the text is taken as it stands, "Thy mother is like a vine living in the blood (i.e., in the life) of her children." This would then be a statement amplified in the following, "fruitful and full of branches." The general sense is plain: Israel is described as having been planted a strong and fruitful vine, with every advantage for growth and full development.
