And she had strong rods— Zedekiah had many sons, who were like branches coming forth from the tree whereof the prophet speaks here. This vine exalted and flattered herself with the multitude of her branches; Zedekiah forgot God, and imitated the crimes of Jehoiachim, whom the Scripture reproaches with pride, ambition, cruelty, and injustice. See Jeremiah 22:13-14; Jeremiah 22:30. In several countries they join the vines to trees, about which they wind themselves, and run very high. See Michaelis.
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Ezekiel 19:11
11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.