translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: EZK

label: NET translator note

text: The parable assumes the defection of Zedekiah to Egypt and his rejection of Babylonian lordship.


text: Hebrew has two words for wings; it is unknown whether they are fully synonymous or whether one term distinguishes a particular part of the wing such as the wing coverts (nearest the shoulder), secondaries (mid-feathers of the wing) or primaries (last and longest section of the wing).


text: This term was used in 16:10, 13, and 18 of embroidered cloth.


text: 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.


text: Heb “a field for seed.”


text: Heb “short of stature.”


text: That is, the eagle.


text: Or “him,” i.e., the eagle.


text: The Hebrew root occurs only here in the OT and appears to have the meaning of “strip off.” In application to fruit the meaning may be “cause to rot.”


text: Heb “all the טַרְפֵּי ( tarpey ) of branches.” The word טַרְפֵּי occurs only here in the Bible; its precise meaning is uncertain.


text: Or “there will be no strong arm or large army when it is pulled up by the roots.”


text: The words “of Israel” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation as a clarification of the referent. sn The book of Ezekiel frequently refers to the Israelites as a rebellious house ( Ezek 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26-27; 12:2-3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3 ).


text: For location see Map5-B1 ; Map6-F3 ; Map7-E2 ; Map8-F2 ; Map10-B3 ; JP1-F4 ; JP2-F4 ; JP3-F4 ; JP4-F4 .


text: Or “descendants”; Heb “seed” (cf. v. 5 ).


text: Heb “caused him to enter into an oath.”


text: Heb “he”; the referent (the member of the royal family, v. 13 ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.


text: Heb “him”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.


text: Heb “place.”


text: Heb “deal with” or “work with.”


text: The word הִנֵּה ( hinneh , traditionally “behold”) indicates being aware of or taking notice of something.


text: Heb “place it on his head.”


label: NET textual note

text: Some manuscripts and versions read “choice men,” while most manuscripts read “fugitives”; the difference arises from the reversal, or metathesis, of two letters, מִבְרָחָיו ( mivrakhyv ) for מִבְחָריו ( mivkharyv ).


text: Heb “fall.”


text: The LXX lacks “and plant it.”