Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

Planted it in a fruitful field

Bible References

The seed

Ezekiel 17:13
Yea took of the seed royal And solemnised with him a covenant, And brought him into an oath, Also the mighty ones of the land, did he take.
2 Kings 24:17
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his relative, king in his stead, - and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Jeremiah 37:1
And Zedekiah son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, made king, in the land of Judah.

Planted it in a fruitful field

Deuteronomy 8:7
For, Yahweh thy God, is bringing thee into a good land; a land of ravines of water, of fountains and depths, coming forth in valley, and in mountain:

He placed

Ezekiel 19:11
And they served her as staves of power For the sceptres of rulers, And high became the stature thereof With its interwoven foliage,- And it was seen by its height, By its multitude of branches.
Isaiah 15:7
For this cause, the savings they had made and that which they had stored, Over the torrent-bed of the willows, shall they bear them.
Isaiah 44:4
So will they spring up among the grass, As willows by the water-courses: