Ezekiel 17:24

And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord that bring low the high tree, and exalt the low tree, and wither the green tree, and cause the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken, and will do it.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

23and I will hang it on a lofty mountain of Israel: yea, I will plant it, and it shall put forth shoots, and shall bear fruit, and it shall be a great cedar: and every bird shall rest beneath it, even every fowl shall rest under its shadow: its branches shall be restored.

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Cross References

Job 5:11Who exalts the lowly, 1 And raises up them that are lost: 1

Psalms 75:6All the simple ones in heart were troubled; 1 All the men of wealth have slept their sleep, 1 And have found nothing in their hands. 1

Isaiah 2:13and upon every cedar of Lebanon, of them that are high and towering, and upon every oak of Bashan,

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

Isaiah 55:12For ye shall go forth with joy, and shall be taught with gladness: for the mountains and the hills shall exult to welcome you with joy, and all the trees of the field shall applaud with their branches.

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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