Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.
Shall it prosper? Could it be that gratuitous perjury and treason should prosper? God will not allow it. "It,"
i.e., the vine.
Shall he not pull up the roots thereof? - i:e., the first eagle, or Nebuchadnezzar, shall pull up Zedekiah. It shall wither in all the leaves of her spring - i:e., all its springing (sprouting) leaves.
Even without great power or many people - it shall not need the whole forces of Babylon to destroy it; a small division of the army will suffice, because God will deliver it into Nebuchadnezzar's hand (Jeremiah 37:10).