John Trapp on Ezekiel 17:5

Ver. 5. He took alſo of the ſeed of the land] No forrainer, but one of their own country, and of the blood-royal too, viz. Zedekiah. This was a great mercy: as that moſt ſpitefully done of Attiius King of Suecia, to make a dog King of the Danes: as did likewiſe Gunno King of the Danes make a dog King of Norway: appointing Counſellours to do all things under his title and name.

And planted it in a fruitful field] i. e. In Judea that good land (as Rabſhakeh alſo yeeldeth it to have been, whatever Strabo ſaith to the contrary) where Zedekiah might have lived bravely and reigned proſperouſly, could he but have been content with his condition: — At Paris ut vivat regnetque beatus,Horat. Epiſt. 2. Cogi poſſe negat. —

He placed it by great waters, and ſet it as a willow-tree] A well-contented perſon grows up proſperouſly, as the willows by the water-courſes.