Bible Strands
Ezekiel 17:10
Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks through Ezekiel to the exiled community, continuing a parable about a transplanted vine-tree facing imminent destruction.
The words — תִּיבַ֣שׁ (ti.Vash) = will it wither and הֲ/תִצְלָ֑ח (ha./titz.Lach) = will it prosper.
The thread — The east wind motif appears in Hosea 13:15, Ezekiel 19:12, and Hosea 12:1.
Why it lands — The text states the plant will wither upon contact with the east wind regardless of relocation. It demands acknowledgment that political maneuvering cannot avert the stated judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
Cross-references
- Hosea 13:15 Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
- Ezekiel 19:12 But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.
- Hosea 12:1 Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
- Matthew 21:19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.
- Mark 11:20 As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.
- John 15:6 If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
- Jude 1:12 These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.