Ezekiel 17:22-24

Bible Text

[22] Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain: [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 birds of every wing; in the shade of the branches of it shall they dwell. [24] All the trees of the field shall know that I, Yahweh, 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, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.

Babylon was the Mesopotamian empire that had exiled Judah’s king; Canaan, including Jerusalem, was Judah’s covenant land, while Egypt was the rival power Judah sought for help. Lebanon’s lofty cedar imagery frames God’s promise to restore David’s line by planting a new ruler in Jerusalem.

Places in this passage

Ezekiel 17:22-24 mentions Babylon, Canaan, Egypt, Jerusalem and Lebanon.

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