Ezekiel 19:10

A vine. A new allegory is introduced, in which Israel is compared to a thriving vine.

In thy blood. Hebrew bedamka, an obscure phrase for which no satisfactory meaning can be obtained. Some have suggested the interpretation “in thy life,” “in thy freshness,” the sap of the vine being considered as blood. Others suggest that the Hebrew should read tidmeh, from the root damah, “to be like.” The sentence would then read, “Thy mother was like a vine” (see RSV). This is also the reading of the Targums. The LXX, evidently following a different text, reads, “like a blossom in a pomegranate tree.” Two Hebrew manuscripts read, “thy vineyard.”