Ezekiel 17:24

And all the trees of the country shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, and exalted the low tree: and have dried up the green tree, and have caused the dry tree to flourish. I the Lord have spoken and have done it.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.

In Context

23On the high mountains of Israel will I plant it, and it shall shoot forth into branches, and shall bear fruit, and it shall become a great cedar: and all birds shall dwell under it, and every fowl shall make its nest under the shadow of the branches thereof.

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Cross References

Job 5:11Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.

Psalms 75:6Lift not up your horn on high: speak not iniquity against God.

Psalms 89:45Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.

Isaiah 2:13And upon all the tall and lofty cedars of Libanus, and upon all the oaks of Basan.

Isaiah 11:1And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.

Isaiah 55:12For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall sing praise before yen, and all the trees of the country shah clap their hands.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 17:23-24

Promises of Mercy. ( b. c. 593.) 22 Thus saith the Lord God ; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon a high mountain and eminent: 23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. 24 And all the trees of the… Read the whole commentary →

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