And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, divers kinds of vessels, every little vessel, from the vessels of cups even to every instrument of music.
Ibn Ezra
And they shall hang, etc. Having compared Eliakim with a nail, the prophet continues, they shall hang upon it, etc. הצאצאים The offspring. The children that will come out of him. והצפיעות And the issue. The female children are perhaps meant; comp. יצא צפע shall come forth a cockatrice (14:29). Since he is said to be the father, the men of Judah are as it were his sons, and the women his daughters. All vessels of small quantity. The children are compared to small vessels. האגנות The cups. (Comp. 24:6). The gold was perhaps kept in those vessels. כלי הנבלים. The vessels of psalteries. Musical instruments. Nothing will remain in the royal palace, that should not be placed under his authority.
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