The seed — Mattaniah, whom he called Zedekiah. Planted — Settled him on the throne of Judah. As a willow — The prophet compares this new made king to a willow, which grows no where so well as near great waters.
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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.