6 "Then it sprouted and became a low , spreading vine with its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and yielded shoots and sent out branches .

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 17:6

Commentary on Ezekiel 17:1-10

(Read Ezekiel 17:1-10)

Mighty conquerors are aptly likened to birds or beasts of prey, but their destructive passions are overruled to forward God's designs. Those who depart from God, only vary their crimes by changing one carnal confidence for another, and never will prosper.