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I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/17.htm">King James Bible</a> 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 an high mountain and eminent: <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/17.htm">New King James Version</a> Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will take also one of the highest branches of the high cedar and set it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a high and prominent mountain. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: “I will also take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and set it out; I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/17.htm">NASB 1995</a> Thus says the Lord GOD, &#8220I will also take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and set it out; I will pluck from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Thus says the Lord GOD, “I shall also take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and set it out; I shall pluck from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I shall plant it on a high and lofty mountain. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Thus says Lord Yahweh, “I will also take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and set it out; I will pluck from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on an exalted and lofty mountain. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Thus says the Lord GOD, “I Myself will take a twig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out; 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. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “ ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: I will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high towering mountain. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: I will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high towering mountain. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/17.htm">American Standard Version</a> Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: 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 upon a high and lofty mountain: <a href="/cev/ezekiel/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Someday, I, the LORD, will cut a tender twig from the top of a cedar tree, then plant it on the peak of Israel's tallest mountain, <a href="/erv/ezekiel/17.htm">English Revised Version</a> Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of his young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent: <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> " 'This is what the Almighty LORD says: I, too, will take hold of the top of a cedar tree. I will break off the highest twig and plant it on a high and lofty mountain. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/17.htm">Good News Translation</a> This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "I will take the top of a tall cedar and break off a tender sprout; I will plant it on a high mountain, <a href="/isv/ezekiel/17.htm">International Standard Version</a> This is what the Lord GOD says, "I'm also going to take a shoot from the top of a cedar and plant it. I'll pluck off its delicate twigs and transplant it on a high and lofty mountain. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: ?I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. <a href="/net/ezekiel/17.htm">NET Bible</a> "'This is what the sovereign LORD says: "'I will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. I will pluck from the top one of its tender twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Thus says the Lord GOD: '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: <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon a high mountain and eminent: <a href="/web/ezekiel/17.htm">World English Bible</a> “The Lord Yahweh says: ‘I will also take some of the lofty top of the cedar, and will plant 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Thus said Lord YHWH: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, "" And I have set [it], "" I crop a tender one from the top of its tender shoots, "" And I have planted [it] on a high and lofty mountain. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set it, From the top of its tender shoots a tender one I crop, And I -- I have planted it on a mountain high and lofty. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And I took from the foliage of the cedar, and I gave from the head; I will pluck its suckers a tender one, and I planted upon a mountain of height and heaped up.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thus saith the Lord God: I myself will take of the marrow of the high cedar, and will set it: I will crop off a tender twig from the top of the branches thereof, and I will plant it on a mountain high and eminent. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Thus says the Lord God: “I myself will take from the kernel of the exalted cedar, and I will establish it. I will tear off a tender twig from the top of its branches, and I will plant it on a mountain, lofty and exalted. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/17.htm">New American Bible</a> Thus says the Lord GOD: I, too, will pluck from the crest of the cedar the highest branch. From the top a tender shoot I will break off and transplant on a high, lofty mountain. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of a cedar; I will set it out. I will break off a tender one from the topmost of its young twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Thus says the LORD God: I will also take one of the choicest branches of the highest cedar, and I will clip it; I will crop off from the top of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon high and lofty mountains; <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: “I shall take from the choice of high cedars, and from the top I shall cut off its heart and I shall plant it on the high and lofty mountains<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Thus saith the Lord GOD: Moreover I will take, even I, 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 upon a high mountain and eminent; <a href="/sep/ezekiel/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For thus saith the Lord; I will even take of the choice branches of the cedar from the top thereof, I will crop off their hearts, and I will plant it on a high mountain: <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=4425" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/17.htm">The Parable Explained</a> …21All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’ 22<a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ā·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">‘I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: wə·lā·qaḥ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">will take a shoot</a> <a href="/hebrew/7311.htm" title="7311: hā·rā·māh (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To be high or exalted, rise. A primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise.">from the lofty</a> <a href="/hebrew/6788.htm" title="6788: miṣ·ṣam·me·reṯ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- (tree) top. From the same as tsemer; fleeciness, i.e. Foliage.">top</a> <a href="/hebrew/730.htm" title="730: hā·’e·rez (Art:: N-ms) -- A cedar. From 'araz; a cedar tree.">of the cedar,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·nā·ṯāt·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and I will set it out.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6998.htm" title="6998: ’eq·ṭōp̄ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To pluck off or out. A primitive root; to strip off.">I will pluck</a> <a href="/hebrew/7390.htm" title="7390: raḵ (Adj-ms) -- Tender, delicate, soft. From rakak; tender; by implication, weak.">a tender sprig</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: mê·rōš (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">from its topmost</a> <a href="/hebrew/3127.htm" title="3127: yō·nə·qō·w·ṯāw (N-fpc:: 3ms) -- A young shoot, twig. Feminine of yowneq; a sprout.">shoots,</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ā·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">and I</a> <a href="/hebrew/8362.htm" title="8362: wə·šā·ṯal·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To transplant. A primitive root; to transplant.">will plant it</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/1364.htm" title="1364: gā·ḇō·ha (Adj-ms) -- High, exalted. Or gabowahh; from gabahh; elevated, powerful, arrogant.">a high</a> <a href="/hebrew/8524.htm" title="8524: wə·ṯā·lūl (Conj-w:: Adj-ms) -- To mock, deceive, trifle with. A primitive root; to pile up, i.e. Elevate.">and lofty</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: har- (N-ms) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">mountain.</a> 23I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/11-1.htm">Isaiah 11:1</a> Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. <a href="/jeremiah/23-5.htm">Jeremiah 23:5</a> Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land. <a href="/zechariah/6-12.htm">Zechariah 6:12-13</a> And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD. / Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’ <a href="/isaiah/53-2.htm">Isaiah 53:2</a> He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him. <a href="/psalms/80-15.htm">Psalm 80:15</a> the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself. <a href="/jeremiah/33-15.htm">Jeremiah 33:15</a> In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land. <a href="/isaiah/4-2.htm">Isaiah 4:2</a> On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors. <a href="/zechariah/3-8.htm">Zechariah 3:8</a> Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch. <a href="/isaiah/60-21.htm">Isaiah 60:21</a> Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified. <a href="/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5-6</a> I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. / His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. <a href="/matthew/13-31.htm">Matthew 13:31-32</a> He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field. / Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.” <a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32-33</a> He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, / and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!” <a href="/revelation/22-16.htm">Revelation 22:16</a> “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.” <a href="/matthew/21-42.htm">Matthew 21:42</a> Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? <a href="/john/15-1.htm">John 15:1-5</a> “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. / He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. / You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Thus said 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 on an high mountain and eminent:highest<a href="/ezekiel/34-29.htm">Ezekiel 34:29</a> And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.<a href="/psalms/80-15.htm">Psalm 80:15</a> And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.<a href="/isaiah/4-2.htm">Isaiah 4:2</a> In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.a tender<a href="/isaiah/53-2.htm">Isaiah 53:2</a> For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.upon<a href="/ezekiel/20-40.htm">Ezekiel 20:40</a> For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.<a href="/ezekiel/40-2.htm">Ezekiel 40:2</a> In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.<a href="/psalms/2-6.htm">Psalm 2:6</a> Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/17-3.htm">Branch</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-3.htm">Cedar</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-27.htm">Crop</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-39.htm">Eminent</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-39.htm">High</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Highest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-39.htm">Lofty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-11.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-23.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-7.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Tender</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Top</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Topmost</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Twigs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/19-12.htm">Branch</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-23.htm">Cedar</a> <a href="/amos/7-1.htm">Crop</a> <a href="/romans/16-13.htm">Eminent</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-23.htm">High</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-7.htm">Highest</a> <a href="/amos/9-6.htm">Lofty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-1.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-23.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-23.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/daniel/1-9.htm">Tender</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-20.htm">Top</a> <a href="/job/22-12.htm">Topmost</a> <a href="/matthew/24-32.htm">Twigs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-2.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 17</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/17-1.htm">Under the parable of two eagles and a vine</a> 11. <a href="/ezekiel/17-11.htm">is shown God's judgment upon Jerusalem for revolting from Babylon to Egypt</a> 22. <a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm">God promises to plant the cedar of the Gospel</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It is a common introduction in prophetic literature, underscoring that the message is not from the prophet himself but from God. This establishes the seriousness and certainty of the prophecy.I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, The cedar is often symbolic of strength and majesty, frequently associated with Lebanon's famous cedars. In biblical symbolism, the cedar can represent a powerful kingdom or dynasty. The "lofty top" suggests a position of prominence or leadership. This imagery is used to describe the Davidic line, indicating that God will take a descendant from this royal lineage.and I will set it out. This action signifies God's intention to establish or replant the shoot, suggesting a new beginning or restoration. It implies divine intervention and purpose, indicating that God is actively involved in the unfolding of His plan.I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, The "tender sprig" suggests something young and vulnerable, yet full of potential. This can be seen as a reference to a future king or leader, specifically pointing to the Messiah, who would come from the line of David. The imagery of plucking indicates a deliberate and careful selection by God.and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. Mountains in biblical literature often symbolize stability, permanence, and divine presence. The "high and lofty mountain" could refer to Jerusalem or Zion, places of significant spiritual and historical importance. This planting signifies the establishment of a kingdom that is both elevated and enduring, pointing to the messianic kingdom that will be established by Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD</a> The sovereign and covenant-keeping God of Israel, who speaks through the prophet Ezekiel. 2. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet during the Babylonian exile, who conveyed God's messages to the Israelites. 3. <a href="/topical/c/cedar.htm">Cedar</a> Symbolic of strength and majesty, often used in the Bible to represent nations or leaders. 4. <a href="/topical/t/tender_sprig.htm">Tender Sprig</a> Represents a new beginning or a future hope, often interpreted as a messianic prophecy. 5. <a href="/topical/h/high_and_lofty_mountain.htm">High and Lofty Mountain</a> Symbolizes a place of prominence and divine purpose, often associated with Jerusalem or the Kingdom of God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_plan.htm">God's Sovereignty and Plan</a> God is in control and has a plan for restoration and hope, even when circumstances seem dire. <a href="/topical/m/messianic_hope.htm">Messianic Hope</a> The tender sprig symbolizes the coming of Christ, who brings salvation and establishes God's kingdom. <a href="/topical/n/new_beginnings.htm">New Beginnings</a> God can bring new life and purpose from what seems insignificant or broken. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a> Trust in God's promises, even when fulfillment seems distant or unlikely. <a href="/topical/t/the_kingdom_of_god.htm">The Kingdom of God</a> The imagery of planting on a high mountain points to the establishment and growth of God's kingdom, which believers are called to participate in.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) I will also take.--In what has passed all has been done according to God's will, but yet through human instrumentality: Israel has been punished, Jehoiachin has been, and Zedekiah is about to be, carried into captivity, as God designed; yet Nebuchadnezzar has done it all for his own purposes. Now God Himself directly interposes, and takes a scion of the same "high cedar," the royal house of David. In accordance with the allegory, this can only be an his tropical personage, and from the description which follows, this person can only be the Messiah. So it has been understood by nearly all interpreters, Jewish and Christian.A tender one.--This epithet is used of the Messiah in reference to the lowliness of His immediate human origin and condition. (Comp. <a href="/isaiah/53-2.htm" title="For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he has no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.">Isaiah 53:2</a>.) David applies the same expression to himself (<a href="/2_samuel/3-39.htm" title="And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.">2Samuel 3:39</a>), and to Solomon (<a href="/1_chronicles/22-5.htm" title="And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.">1Chronicles 22:5</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/29-1.htm" title="Furthermore David the king said to all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.">1Chronicles 29:1</a>), in reference to their want of strength for the work required of them as the heads of Israel. This figure of the Messiah as a scion of the royal tree of David, though naturally growing out of the allegory here, had been used by the prophets long before, as in <a href="/isaiah/11-1.htm" title="And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:">Isaiah 11:1</a>, and the name "the Branch" had almost become a distinctive title for Him (<a href="/isaiah/4-2.htm" title="In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.">Isaiah 4:2</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/23-5.htm" title="Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.">Jeremiah 23:5</a>, &c). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 22. - From the message of deserved chastisement the prophet passes to the promise of restoration. The cedar of Israel is not dead. Jehovah would, in his own time, take the highest branch, tender and slender though it might be, the true heir of David's house, and deal with it far otherwise than the Chaldean conqueror had done. The latter had carried off the branch to the "land of traffick" - sc. had brought Jeconiah to Babylon. Jehovah would plant his branch upon the "mountain of the height of Israel" (<a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2</a>; <a href="/micah/4-1.htm">Micah 4:1</a>). It was not to be as a willow in a low place, but to flourish, true to its origin as a cedar, so that "all fowl of every wing" should dwell in the shadow of its branches (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/31-3.htm">Ezekiel 31:3-9</a>, where the same imagery is used of Assyria; and <a href="/matthew/13-32.htm">Matthew 13:32</a>). As with like prophecies in <a href="/isaiah/11-1.htm">Isaiah 11:1</a> and Isaiah 53:2 (where the "tender one" finds a parallel), the words paint an ideal never historically realized, but finding a partia1 fulfilment in Zerubbabel and the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the temple, merging in the still unfulfilled vision of the kingdom of the Messiah and the restoration of Israel. To Ezekiel, as to other prophets, it was not given to know the times and the seasons, or even the manner of the fulfilment of his hopes; and when he uttered the words, the vision may have seemed not tar off, but nigh at hand. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>This is what כֹּ֤ה (kōh) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord GOD יְהוִ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH says: אָמַר֙ (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘I אָ֗נִי (’ā·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I will take a shoot וְלָקַ֣חְתִּי (wə·lā·qaḥ·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take from the lofty הָרָמָ֖ה (hā·rā·māh) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7311.htm">Strong's 7311: </a> To be high actively, to rise, raise top מִצַּמֶּ֧רֶת (miṣ·ṣam·me·reṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6788.htm">Strong's 6788: </a> Fleeciness, foliage of the cedar, הָאֶ֛רֶז (hā·’e·rez) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_730.htm">Strong's 730: </a> A cedar tree and I will set [it] out. וְנָתָ֑תִּי (wə·nā·ṯāt·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set I will pluck אֶקְטֹ֔ף (’eq·ṭōp̄) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6998.htm">Strong's 6998: </a> To pluck off or out a tender sprig רַ֣ךְ (raḵ) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7390.htm">Strong's 7390: </a> Tender, delicate, soft from its topmost מֵרֹ֤אשׁ (mê·rōš) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> The head shoots, יֹֽנְקוֹתָיו֙ (yō·nə·qō·w·ṯāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3127.htm">Strong's 3127: </a> A young shoot, twig and I אָ֔נִי (’ā·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I will plant it וְשָׁתַ֣לְתִּי (wə·šā·ṯal·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8362.htm">Strong's 8362: </a> To transplant on עַ֥ל (‘al) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against a high גָּבֹ֖הַ (gā·ḇō·ha) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1364.htm">Strong's 1364: </a> Elevated, powerful, arrogant and lofty וְתָלֽוּל׃ (wə·ṯā·lūl) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8524.htm">Strong's 8524: </a> To mock, deceive, trifle with mountain. הַר־ (har-) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Ezekiel 17:22 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Ezekiel 17:22 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Ezekiel 17:22 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Ezekiel 17:22 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Ezekiel 17:22 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Ezekiel 17:22 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Ezekiel 17:22 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Ezekiel 17:22 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Ezekiel 17:22 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Ezekiel 17:22 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 17:22 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will (Ezek. 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