Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? - i:e., though planted.
East wind. The east wind was noxious to vegetation in Palestine: a fit emblem of Babylon, which came from the northeast.
It shall wither in the furrows where it grew. Zedekiah was taken at Jericho, in Jewish soil (Jeremiah 52:8). 'It shall wither, although it has furrows from which it expects continual watering' (Calvin). (Ezekiel 19:12; Hosea 13:15.)