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He carried it away to a city filled with merchants. He planted it in a city of traders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/17.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He broke off the topmost of its young twigs and carried it to a land of trade and set it in a city of merchants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He cropped off its topmost young twig And carried it to a land of trade; He set it in a city of merchants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He broke off the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220He plucked off the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“He plucked off the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He plucked off the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He broke off the topmost of its young twigs (young King Jehoiachin) and carried it to a land of traders (Babylonia); he set it in a city of merchants (Babylon).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He plucked off its topmost shoot, brought it to the land of merchants, and set it in a city of traders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He plucked off its topmost shoot, brought it to the land of merchants, and set it in a city of traders. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />then carried it to a nation of merchants and left it in one of their cities. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />It broke off the highest twig and carried it to a country of merchants. It planted the twig in a city of merchants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />which he carried to a land of commerce and placed in a city of merchants. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He plucked off the top of its shoot, brought it to a land of merchants, and set it down in a city full of traders. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He plucked off its topmost shoot; he brought it to a land of merchants and planted it in a city of traders. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried it to a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He cropped off the top of its young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, and carried it to a land of traffic. He planted it in a city of merchants. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He has cropped the top of its tender twigs, "" And he brings it to the land of Canaan. He has placed it in a city of merchants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The top of its tender twigs it hath cropped, And it bringeth it in to the land of Canaan. In a city of merchants it hath placed it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He plucked off the head of the suckers, and he will bring it to the land of Canaan, and he set it in a city of merchants.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He cropped off the top of the twigs thereof: and carried it away into the land of Chanaan, and he set it in a city of merchants. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />He tore off the summit of its branches, and he transported it to the land of Canaan; he placed it in a city of merchants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />broke off its topmost branch, And brought it to a land of merchants, set it in a city of traders. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />broke off its topmost shoot; he carried it to a land of trade, set it in a city of merchants.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He cropped off the topmost of its tender twigs, and carried it to the land of Canaan; and he set it in a city of merchants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he cropped off the top of its growth and brought it to the land of Canaan and he placed it in a city of merchants<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, And carried it into a land of traffic; He set it in a city of merchants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />he cropped off the ends of the tender twigs, and brought them into the land of Chanaan; he laid them up in a walled city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=4203" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/17.htm">The Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6998.htm" title="6998: qā·ṭāp̄ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To pluck off or out. A primitive root; to strip off.">He plucked off</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: rōš (N-msc) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">its topmost</a> <a href="/hebrew/3242.htm" title="3242: yə·nî·qō·w·ṯāw (N-fpc:: 3ms) -- A young shoot, twig. From yanaq; a sucker or sapling.">shoot,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·ḇî·’ê·hū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">carried it</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3667.htm" title="3667: kə·na·‘an (N-ms) -- From kana'; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him.">of merchants,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śā·mōw (V-Qal-Perf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">and planted</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: bə·‘îr (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">it in a city</a> <a href="/hebrew/7402.htm" title="7402: rō·ḵə·lîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- Probably to go about. A primitive root; to travel for trading.">of traders.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/22-23.htm">Jeremiah 22:23</a></span><br />O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/18-5.htm">Isaiah 18:5</a></span><br />For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-13.htm">Hosea 9:13</a></span><br />I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/48-40.htm">Jeremiah 48:40</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/4-12.htm">Daniel 4:12</a></span><br />Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">Isaiah 10:33-34</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled. / He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-16.htm">Jeremiah 49:16</a></span><br />The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-12.htm">Isaiah 14:12-15</a></span><br />How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations. / You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. / I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/22-6.htm">Jeremiah 22:6-7</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited. / I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-12.htm">Isaiah 2:12-13</a></span><br />For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled— / against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-32.htm">Matthew 13:32</a></span><br />Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-19.htm">Luke 13:19</a></span><br />It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23</a></span><br />And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</a></span><br />And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-19.htm">Matthew 21:19</a></span><br />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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.</p><p class="hdg">the top.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/43-14.htm">Isaiah 43:14</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry <i>is</i> in the ships.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/47-15.htm">Isaiah 47:15</a></b></br> Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, <i>even</i> thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-13.htm">Jeremiah 51:13</a></b></br> O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, <i>and</i> the measure of thy covetousness.</p><p class="hdg">a land </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/46-20.htm">Biting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-32.htm">Branches</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-17.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-29.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-16.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-23.htm">City</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-3.htm">Highest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-29.htm">Merchants</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-7.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/45-4.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-40.htm">Plucked</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-16.htm">Shoot</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-9.htm">Shoots</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-20.htm">Tender</a> <a href="/ezekiel/15-3.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-3.htm">Top</a> <a href="/job/22-12.htm">Topmost</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-11.htm">Trade</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-8.htm">Traders</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-29.htm">Traffic</a> <a href="/genesis/42-34.htm">Traffick</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-2.htm">Twigs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-60.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/galatians/5-15.htm">Biting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-6.htm">Branches</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-16.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/hosea/12-7.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-12.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-19.htm">City</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Highest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-13.htm">Merchants</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-5.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-5.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-9.htm">Plucked</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-21.htm">Shoot</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-6.htm">Shoots</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Tender</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-6.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Top</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Topmost</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Trade</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-13.htm">Traders</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-19.htm">Traffic</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-5.htm">Traffick</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Twigs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 17</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-1.htm">Under the parable of two eagles and a vine</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-11.htm">is shown God's judgment upon Jerusalem for revolting from Babylon to Egypt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm">God promises to plant the cedar of the Gospel</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/ezekiel/17.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>He broke off the topmost shoot</b><br />This phrase begins with the imagery of a great eagle breaking off the topmost shoot of a cedar tree. In Hebrew, the word for "broke off" is "קָטַף" (qāṭap), which conveys the idea of plucking or snatching away. This action symbolizes the removal of the king or leader from his position of power. Historically, this refers to King Jehoiachin of Judah, who was taken into exile by Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. The "topmost shoot" represents the highest and most prominent part of the tree, indicating the king's status and authority.<p><b>of its young twigs</b><br />The "young twigs" symbolize the offspring or the next generation of leadership. In the context of Ezekiel's prophecy, this refers to the royal family and the potential future leaders of Judah. The Hebrew word "יֹנְקוֹת" (yōnqōt) suggests something tender and new, emphasizing the vulnerability and potential of these young leaders. This imagery highlights the disruption and loss of continuity in the Davidic line due to the Babylonian exile.<p><b>and carried it away</b><br />The act of carrying away signifies the forced removal and relocation of the Judean king and his court. The Hebrew verb "יָבֵא" (yāvē) implies a deliberate and purposeful action. This reflects the historical event of the Babylonian captivity, where the elite of Judah were taken to Babylon. It underscores the theme of divine judgment and the consequences of the nation's unfaithfulness to God.<p><b>to a land of merchants</b><br />This phrase describes Babylon as a "land of merchants," highlighting its wealth, commerce, and influence. The Hebrew term "אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן" (’ereṣ kəna‘an) is used here, which can also mean "land of Canaan," but in this context, it metaphorically refers to Babylon as a place of trade and economic power. This depiction contrasts with the spiritual and moral bankruptcy of the nation, despite its material prosperity.<p><b>where he planted it in a city of traders</b><br />The imagery of planting in a "city of traders" suggests an attempt to establish and integrate the exiled king and his people into the Babylonian society. The Hebrew word "סֹחֲרִים" (sōḥărîm) refers to traders or merchants, emphasizing the commercial nature of Babylon. This act of planting symbolizes the hope of growth and adaptation in a foreign land, yet it also serves as a reminder of the loss of their homeland and the challenges of maintaining their identity and faith in exile.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">Into a land of traffick.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">a land of Canaan, </span>the word being sometimes used for merchant or merchandise, as in <a href="/hosea/12-8.htm" title="And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labors they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.">Hosea 12:8</a> (Engl. 7); <a href="/isaiah/23-8.htm" title="Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?">Isaiah 23:8</a>; <a href="/zephaniah/1-11.htm" title="Howl, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.">Zephaniah 1:11</a>. The parallelism of the next clause shows that this is its meaning here. Babylon has already been called Canaan in <a href="/ezekiel/16-29.htm" title="You have moreover multiplied your fornication in the land of Canaan to Chaldea; and yet you were not satisfied therewith.">Ezekiel 16:29</a>, probably from its commercial character.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He plucked off</span><br /><span class="heb">קָטָ֑ף</span> <span class="translit">(qā·ṭāp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6998.htm">Strong's 6998: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pluck off or out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its topmost</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹ֥אשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(rōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> </span><span class="str2">The head</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shoot,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְנִֽיקוֹתָ֖יו</span> <span class="translit">(yə·nî·qō·w·ṯāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3242.htm">Strong's 3242: </a> </span><span class="str2">A young shoot, twig</span><br /><br /><span class="word">carried it</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḇî·’ê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֣רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of merchants,</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּנַ֔עַן</span> <span class="translit">(kə·na·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3667.htm">Strong's 3667: </a> </span><span class="str2">Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and planted</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂמֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(śā·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it in a city</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעִ֥יר</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of traders.</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹכְלִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(rō·ḵə·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7402.htm">Strong's 7402: </a> </span><span class="str2">To travel for, trading</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Ezekiel 17:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Ezekiel 17:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Ezekiel 17:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Ezekiel 17:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Ezekiel 17:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Ezekiel 17:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Ezekiel 17:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Ezekiel 17:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Ezekiel 17:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Ezekiel 17:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/17-4.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 17:4 He cropped off the topmost (Ezek. 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