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Ezekiel 17:9

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

Shall it prosper? - Shall Zedekiah succeed in casting off the yoke of the king of Babylon, to whom he had sworn fealty?

Shall he not pull up the roots - Nebuchadnezzar will come and dethrone him.

And cut off the fruit - The children of Zedekiah.

The leaves - All the nobles; all shall perish with Zedekiah.

Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

Her spring - Rather, her growth.

Even without … - Translate; and not with great power or with much people is it to be raised up from its roots again.

Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary
Mighty conquerors are aptly likened to birds or beasts of prey, but their destructive passions are overruled to forward God's designs. Those who depart from God, only vary their crimes by changing one carnal confidence for another, and never will prosper.
Ellen G. White
This Day With God, 342.8

God is seeking to prepare His people to bear fruit to His glory. Paul says, “We are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building” (1 Corinthians 3:9).—Manuscript 67, November 29, 1900, “Words of Instruction to the Church.” TDG 342.8

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