the seed of the land. Zedokiah. See Ezekiel 17:6 and Ezekiel 17:13. Nebuchadnezzar did not set up. Chaldean king over Judah, but nourished Zedekiah, as verses: Ezekiel 17:5; Ezekiel 17:6 show.
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Ezekiel 17:5
5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planteda it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.