Ezekiel 17:24

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 spoken and have done it.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

23in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a stately cedar; and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing, in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

Read all of Ezekiel 17

Cross References

Job 5:11So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.

Psalms 75:6(75-7) For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the wilderness, cometh lifting up.

Psalms 89:45(89-46) The days of his youth hast Thou shortened; Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah

Isaiah 2:13And upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan;

Isaiah 11:1And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a twig shall grow forth out of his roots.

Isaiah 55:12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Ezekiel 17:24