of the seed] Namely, Zedechiah, who was of the blood royall. See upon vers. 13. planted it in a fruitfull field] Heb. put it in a field of seed. To wit, in the kingdom of Judea, not yet made desolate, where Zedechiali, made king in stead of Jechoniah, 2 Kings 24:17. Jerem. 37. 1. might have maintained himself, and grown prosperously.