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Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 17:22	Strong Concordance	Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; I will also take [03947] of the highest branch [06788] of the high [07311] cedar [0730], and will set [05414] it; I will crop off [06998] from the top [07218] of his young twigs [03127] a tender one [07390], and will plant [08362] it upon an high [01364] mountain [02022] and eminent [08524]:
	King James	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:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
When the state of Israel shall seem past recovery, Messiah, Jehovah Himself, will unexpectedly appear on the scene as Redeemer of His people (Isa 63:5). I . . . also--God opposes Himself to Nebuchadnezzar: "He took of the seed of the land and planted it (Eze 17:3, Eze 17:5), so will I, but with better success than he had. The branch he plucked (Zedekiah) and planted, flourished but for a time, to perish at last; I will plant a scion of the same tree, the house of David, to whom the kingdom belongs by an everlasting covenant, and it shall be the shelter of the whole world, and shall be for ever." branch--the peculiar title of Messiah (Zac 3:8; Zac 6:12; Isa 11:1; Isa 4:2; Jer 23:5; Jer 33:15). a tender one--Zerubbabel never reigned as a universal (Eze 17:23) king, nor could the great things mentioned here be said of him, except as a type of Messiah. Messiah alone can be meant: originally "a tender plant and root out of a dry ground" (Isa 53:2); the beginning of His kingdom being humble, His reputed parents of lowly rank, though King David's lineal representatives; yet, even then, God here calls Him, in respect to His everlasting purpose, "the highest . . . of the high" (Psa 89:27). I . . . will plant it upon an high mountain--Zion; destined to be the moral center and eminence of grace and glory shining forth to the world, out-topping all mundane elevation. The kingdom, typically begun at the return from Babylon, and the rebuilding of the temple, fully began with Christ's appearing, and shall have its highest manifestation at His reappearing to reign on Zion, and thence over the whole earth (Psa 2:6, Psa 2:8; Isa 2:2-3; Jer 3:17).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

When the state of Israel shall seem past recovery, Messiah, Jehovah Himself, will unexpectedly appear on the scene as Redeemer of His people (Isa 63:5).

I . . . also--God opposes Himself to Nebuchadnezzar: "He took of the seed of the land and planted it (Eze 17:3, Eze 17:5), so will I, but with better success than he had. The branch he plucked (Zedekiah) and planted, flourished but for a time, to perish at last; I will plant a scion of the same tree, the house of David, to whom the kingdom belongs by an everlasting covenant, and it shall be the shelter of the whole world, and shall be for ever."

branch--the peculiar title of Messiah (Zac 3:8; Zac 6:12; Isa 11:1; Isa 4:2; Jer 23:5; Jer 33:15).

a tender one--Zerubbabel never reigned as a universal (Eze 17:23) king, nor could the great things mentioned here be said of him, except as a type of Messiah. Messiah alone can be meant: originally "a tender plant and root out of a dry ground" (Isa 53:2); the beginning of His kingdom being humble, His reputed parents of lowly rank, though King David's lineal representatives; yet, even then, God here calls Him, in respect to His everlasting purpose, "the highest . . . of the high" (Psa 89:27).

I . . . will plant it upon an high mountain--Zion; destined to be the moral center and eminence of grace and glory shining forth to the world, out-topping all mundane elevation. The kingdom, typically begun at the return from Babylon, and the rebuilding of the temple, fully began with Christ's appearing, and shall have its highest manifestation at His reappearing to reign on Zion, and thence over the whole earth (Psa 2:6, Psa 2:8; Isa 2:2-3; Jer 3:17).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
A contrast between the dealings of Nebuchadnezzar and of Yahweh. Nebuchadnezzar "cut off," Yahweh will "set up" the topshoot; Nebuchadnezzar "carried it into a land of traffic," Yahweh will "plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel." Nebuchadnezzar set his favorite as a "vine, lowly" though not poor, in the place where such trees as the humble "willow" grow and thrive. Yahweh's favorite is like the "lofty cedar, eminent upon a high mountain." The highest branch of the high cedar - The rightful representative of the royal house of David, the Messiah. Tender one - The Messiah. This prophecy rests upon Isa 11:1, Isa 11:10.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The Planting of the True Twig of the Stem of David Eze 17:22. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, And I will take from the top of the high cedar, and will set it; from the topmost of its shoots will I pluck off a tender one, and will plant it upon a high and exalted mountain. Eze 17:23. On the high mountain of Israel will I plant it, and it will put forth branches, and bear fruit, and become a splendid cedar, so that all the birds of every plumage will dwell under it. In the shade of its branches will they dwell. Eze 17:24. And all the trees of the field will learn that I Jehovah have lowered the lofty tree, lifted up the low tree, made the green tree wither, and the withered tree become green. I Jehovah have said it, and have done it. - Although the sprout of David, whom Nebuchadnezzar had made king, would lose the sovereignty because of his breach of faith, and bring about the destruction of the kingdom of Judah, the Lord would not let His kingdom be destroyed, but would fulfil the promise which He had given to the seed of David. The announcement of this fulfilment takes its form from the preceding parable. As Nebuchadnezzar broke off a twig from the top of the cedar and brought it to Babel (Eze 17:13), so will Jehovah Himself also pluck off a shoot from the top of the high cedar, and plant it upon a high mountain. The Vav before לקחתּי is the Vav consec., and אני is appended to the verb for the sake of emphasis; but in antithesis to the acting of the eagle, as described in Eze 17:3, it is placed after it. The cedar, which it designated by the epithet râmâh, as rising above the other trees, is the royal house of David, and the tender shoot which Jehovah breaks off and plants is not the Messianic kingdom or sovereignty, so that Zerubbabel could be included, but the Messiah Himself as "a distinct historical personage" (Hvernick). The predicate רך, tender, refers to Him; also the word יונק, a sprout (Isa 53:2), which indicates not so much the youthful age of the Messiah (Hitzig) as the lowliness of His origin (compare Isa 11:1; Isa 53:2); and even when applied to David and Solomon, in Sa2 3:39; Ch1 22:5; Ch1 29:1, expresses not their youthfulness, but their want of strength for the proper administration of such a government. The high mountain, described in Eze 17:23 as the high mountain of Israel, is Zion, regarded as the seat and centre of the kingdom of God, which is to be exalted by the Messiah above all the mountains of the earth (Isa 2:2, etc.). The twig planted by the Lord will grow there into a glorious cedar, under which all birds will dwell. The Messiah grows into a cedar in the kingdom founded by Him, in which all the inhabitants of the earth will find both food (from the fruits of the tree) and protection (under its shadow). For this figure, compare Dan 4:8-9. צפּור כּל־כּנף, birds of every kind of plumage (cf. Eze 39:4, Eze 39:17), is derived from Gen 7:14, where birds of every kind find shelter in Noah's ark. The allusion is to men from every kind of people and tribe. By this will all the trees of the field learn that God lowers the lofty and lifts up the lowly. As the cedar represents the royal house of David, the trees of the field can only be the other kings or royal families of the earth, not the nations outside the limits of the covenant. At the same time, the nations are not to be entirely excluded because the figure of the cedars embraces the idea of the kingdom, so that the trees of the field denote the kingdoms of the earth together with their kings. The clauses, "I bring down the high tree," contain a purely general thought, as in Sa1 2:7-8, and the perfects are not to be taken as preterites, but as statements of practical truths. It is true that the thought of the royal house of David in its previous greatness naturally suggests itself in connection with the high and green tree, and that of Jehoiachin in connection with the dry tree (compare Jer 22:30); and these are not to be absolutely set aside. At the same time, the omission of the article from עץ and the objects which follow, is sufficient to show that the words are not to be restricted to these particular persons, but are applicable to every high and green, or withered and lowly tree; i.e., not merely to kings alone, but to all men in common, and furnish a parallel to Sa1 2:4-9, "The bows of the mighty men are broken; and they that stumbled are girded with strength," etc.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The highest branch - Of the royal seed; of the highest branch that is heir to the throne; namely, the Messiah. An high mountain - Upon mount Zion. Eminent - Not for outward splendor, but for spiritual advantages.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar - I will raise up another monarchy, which shall come in the line of David, namely, the Messiah; who shall appear as a tender plant, as to his incarnation; but he shall be high and eminent; his Church, the royal city, the highest and purest ever seen on the face of the earth.

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¹⁷ At that time [06256] they shall call [07121] Jerusalem [03389] the throne [03678] of the LORD [03068]; and all the nations [01471] shall be gathered [06960] unto it, to the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], to Jerusalem [03389]: neither shall they walk [03212] any more after [0310] the imagination [08307] of their evil [07451] heart [03820].

² And it shall come to pass in the last [0319] days [03117], that the mountain [02022] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004] shall be established [03559] in the top [07218] of the mountains [02022], and shall be exalted [05375] above the hills [01389]; and all nations [01471] shall flow [05102] unto it.
³ And many [07227] people [05971] shall go [01980] and say [0559], Come [03212] ye, and let us go up [05927] to the mountain [02022] of the LORD [03068], to the house [01004] of the God [0430] of Jacob [03290]; and he will teach [03384] us of his ways [01870], and we will walk [03212] in his paths [0734]: for out of Zion [06726] shall go forth [03318] the law [08451], and the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] from Jerusalem [03389].

⁸ Ask [07592] of me, and I shall give [05414] thee the heathen [01471] for thine inheritance [05159], and the uttermost parts [0657] of the earth [0776] for thy possession [0272].

⁶ Yet have I set [05258] my king [04428] upon my holy [06944] hill [02022] of Zion [06726].

²⁷ Also I will make [05414] him my firstborn [01060], higher [05945] than the kings [04428] of the earth [0776].

² For he shall grow up [05927] before [06440] him as a tender plant [03126], and as a root [08328] out of a dry [06723] ground [0776]: he hath no form [08389] nor comeliness [01926]; and when we shall see [07200] him, there is no beauty [04758] that we should desire [02530] him.

²³ In the mountain [02022] of the height [04791] of Israel [03478] will I plant [08362] it: and it shall bring forth [05375] boughs [06057], and bear [06213] fruit [06529], and be a goodly [0117] cedar [0730]: and under it shall dwell [07931] all fowl [06833] of every wing [03671]; in the shadow [06738] of the branches [01808] thereof shall they dwell [07931].

¹⁵ In those days [03117], and at that time [06256], will I cause the Branch [06780] of righteousness [06666] to grow up [06779] unto David [01732]; and he shall execute [06213] judgment [04941] and righteousness [06666] in the land [0776].

⁵ Behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that I will raise [06965] unto David [01732] a righteous [06662] Branch [06780], and a King [04428] shall reign [04427] and prosper [07919], and shall execute [06213] judgment [04941] and justice [06666] in the earth [0776].

² In that day [03117] shall the branch [06780] of the LORD [03068] be beautiful [06643] and glorious [03519], and the fruit [06529] of the earth [0776] shall be excellent [01347] and comely for [08597] them that are escaped [06413] of Israel [03478].

¹ And there shall come forth [03318] a rod [02415] out of the stem [01503] of Jesse [03448], and a Branch [05342] shall grow [06509] out of his roots [08328]:

¹² And speak [0559] unto him, saying [0559], Thus speaketh [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], saying [0559], Behold the man [0376] whose name [08034] is The BRANCH [06780]; and he shall grow up [06779] out of his place, and he shall build [01129] the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068]:

⁸ Hear [08085] now, O Joshua [03091] the high [01419] priest [03548], thou, and thy fellows [07453] that sit [03427] before [06440] thee: for they are men [0582] wondered at [04159]: for, behold, I will bring forth [0935] my servant [05650] the BRANCH [06780].

⁵ He took [03947] also of the seed [02233] of the land [0776], and planted [05414] it in a fruitful [02233] field [07704]; he placed [03947] it by great [07227] waters [04325], and set [07760] it as a willow tree [06851].

³ And say [0559], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; A great [01419] eagle [05404] with great [01419] wings [03671], longwinged [083] [0750], full [04392] of feathers [05133], which had divers colours [07553], came [0935] unto Lebanon [03844], and took [03947] the highest branch [06788] of the cedar [0730]:

⁵ And I looked [05027], and there was none to help [05826]; and I wondered [08074] that there was none to uphold [05564]: therefore mine own arm [02220] brought salvation [03467] unto me; and my fury [02534], it upheld [05564] me.

¹⁰ And in that day [03117] there shall be a root [08328] of Jesse [03448], which shall stand [05975] for an ensign [05251] of the people [05971]; to it shall the Gentiles [01471] seek [01875]: and his rest [04496] shall be glorious [03519].

¹ And there shall come forth [03318] a rod [02415] out of the stem [01503] of Jesse [03448], and a Branch [05342] shall grow [06509] out of his roots [08328]:

⁴ The bows [07198] of the mighty men [01368] are broken [02844], and they that stumbled [03782] are girded [0247] with strength [02428].
⁵ They that were full [07649] have hired out [07936] themselves for bread [03899]; and they that were hungry [07457] ceased [02308]: so that the barren [06135] hath born [03205] seven [07651]; and she that hath many [07227] children [01121] is waxed feeble [0535].
⁶ The LORD [03068] killeth [04191], and maketh alive [02421]: he bringeth down [03381] to the grave [07585], and bringeth up [05927].
⁷ The LORD [03068] maketh poor [03423], and maketh rich [06238]: he bringeth low [08213], and [0637] lifteth up [07311].
⁸ He raiseth up [06965] the poor [01800] out of the dust [06083], and lifteth up [07311] the beggar [034] from the dunghill [0830], to set [03427] them among princes [05081], and to make them inherit [05157] the throne [03678] of glory [03519]: for the pillars [04690] of the earth [0776] are the LORD'S [03068], and he hath set [07896] the world [08398] upon them.
⁹ He will keep [08104] the feet [07272] of his saints [02623], and the wicked [07563] shall be silent [01826] in darkness [02822]; for by strength [03581] shall no man [0376] prevail [01396].

³⁰ Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Write [03789] ye this man [0376] childless [06185], a man [01397] that shall not prosper [06743] in his days [03117]: for no man [0376] of his seed [02233] shall prosper [06743], sitting [03427] upon the throne [03678] of David [01732], and ruling [04910] any more in Judah [03063].

⁷ The LORD [03068] maketh poor [03423], and maketh rich [06238]: he bringeth low [08213], and [0637] lifteth up [07311].
⁸ He raiseth up [06965] the poor [01800] out of the dust [06083], and lifteth up [07311] the beggar [034] from the dunghill [0830], to set [03427] them among princes [05081], and to make them inherit [05157] the throne [03678] of glory [03519]: for the pillars [04690] of the earth [0776] are the LORD'S [03068], and he hath set [07896] the world [08398] upon them.

¹⁴ They [01992], and every beast [02416] after his kind [04327], and all the cattle [0929] after their kind [04327], and every creeping thing [07431] that creepeth [07430] upon the earth [0776] after his kind [04327], and every fowl [05775] after his kind [04327], every bird [06833] of every sort [03671].

¹⁷ And, thou son [01121] of man [0120], thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Speak [0559] unto every feathered [03671] fowl [06833], and to every beast [02416] of the field [07704], Assemble [06908] yourselves, and come [0935]; gather [0622] yourselves on every side [05439] to my sacrifice [02077] that I do sacrifice [02076] for you, even a great [01419] sacrifice [02077] upon the mountains [02022] of Israel [03478], that ye may eat [0398] flesh [01320], and drink [08354] blood [01818].

⁴ Thou shalt fall [05307] upon the mountains [02022] of Israel [03478], thou, and all thy bands [0102], and the people [05971] that is with thee: I will give [05414] thee unto the ravenous [05861] birds [06833] of every sort [03671], and to the beasts [02416] of the field [07704] to be devoured [0402].

⁸ But at [05705] the last [0318] Daniel [01841] came in [05922] before me [06925], whose name [08036] was Belteshazzar [01096], according to the name [08036] of my god [0426], and in whom is the spirit [07308] of the holy [06922] gods [0426]: and before [06925] him I told [0560] the dream [02493], saying,
⁹ O Belteshazzar [01096], master [07229] of the magicians [02749], because I [0576] know [03046] that the spirit [07308] of the holy [06922] gods [0426] is in thee, and no [03606] [03809] secret [07328] troubleth [0598] thee, tell [0560] me the visions [02376] of my dream [02493] that I have seen [02370], and the interpretation [06591] thereof.

¹ Furthermore David [01732] the king [04428] said [0559] unto all the congregation [06951], Solomon [08010] my son [01121], whom alone [0259] God [0430] hath chosen [0977], is yet young [05288] and tender [07390], and the work [04399] is great [01419]: for the palace [01002] is not for man [0120], but for the LORD [03068] God [0430].

⁵ And David [01732] said [0559], Solomon [08010] my son [01121] is young [05288] and tender [07390], and the house [01004] that is to be builded [01129] for the LORD [03068] must be exceeding [04605] magnifical [01431], of fame [08034] and of glory [08597] throughout all countries [0776]: I will therefore now make preparation [03559] for it. So David [01732] prepared [03559] abundantly [07230] before [06440] his death [04194].

³⁹ And I am this day [03117] weak [07390], though anointed [04886] king [04428]; and these men [0582] the sons [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] be too hard [07186] for me: the LORD [03068] shall reward [07999] the doer of evil [06213] according to his wickedness [07451].

¹ And there shall come forth [03318] a rod [02415] out of the stem [01503] of Jesse [03448], and a Branch [05342] shall grow [06509] out of his roots [08328]:

¹³ And hath taken [03947] of the king's [04410] seed [02233], and made [03772] a covenant [01285] with him, and hath taken [0935] an oath [0423] of him: he hath also taken [03947] the mighty [0352] of the land [0776]:

²⁴ And all the trees [06086] of the field [07704] shall know [03045] that I the LORD [03068] have brought down [08213] the high [01364] tree [06086], have exalted [01361] the low [08217] tree [06086], have dried [03001] up the green [03892] tree [06086], and have made the dry [03002] tree [06086] to flourish [06524]: I the LORD [03068] have spoken [01696] and have done [06213] it.

²² Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; I will also take [03947] of the highest branch [06788] of the high [07311] cedar [0730], and will set [05414] it; I will crop off [06998] from the top [07218] of his young twigs [03127] a tender one [07390], and will plant [08362] it upon an high [01364] mountain [02022] and eminent [08524]: