Ezekiel 17:24

Then all the trees of the field will know that I am Yahweh. I bring down the high trees and I raise up the low trees. I wither the watered tree and I cause the dried tree to bloom. I am Yahweh, I have declared that this will happen; and I have done it.'”

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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

23I will plant it on the mountains of Israel so it will bear branches and produce fruit, and it will become a majestic cedar so that every winged bird will live under it. They will nest in the shade of its branches.

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Cross References

Job 5:11He does this in order to set up on high those who are low; 1 to raise to safety those who mourn. 1

Psalms 75:6It is not from the east or from the west, 1 and it is not from the wilderness that lifting up comes. 1

Psalms 89:45You have shortened the days of his youth. 1 You have covered him with shame. Selah 1

Isaiah 2:13and against all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, 1 and against all the oaks of Bashan. 1

Isaiah 11:1A shoot will sprout from the stump of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit. 1

Isaiah 55:12For you will go out in joy and be led along peacefully; 1 the mountains and the hills will break out in joyful shouts before you, and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands. 1

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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