Yehezkiel 17:5

17:5 He took one of the seedlings ¹  of the land,

placed it in a cultivated plot; ² 

a shoot by abundant water,

like a willow he planted it.

Yehezkiel 32:19

32:19 Say to them, ³  ‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? ⁴  Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!’

[17:5]  ¹ tn Heb “took of the seed of the land.” For the vine imagery, “seedling” is a better translation, though in its subsequent interpretation the “seed” refers to Zedekiah through its common application to offspring.

[17:5]  ² tn Heb “a field for seed.”

[32:19]  ³ tc The LXX places this verse after v. 21.

[32:19]  tn The words “say to them” are added in the translation for clarity to indicate the shift in addressee from the prophet to Egypt.

[32:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “pleasantness.”