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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 17:23 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 17:23 |
Strong Concordance |
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]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| under it . . . all fowl--the Gospel "mustard tree," small at first, but at length receiving all under its covert (Mat 13:32); the antithesis to Antichrist, symbolized by Assyria, of which the same is said (Eze 31:6), and Babylon (Dan 4:12). Antichrist assumes in mimicry the universal power really belonging to Christ. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
In the mountain of the height of Israel - The parallel passage Eze 20:40 points to the mountain on which the temple stood. But it is not here the actual Mount Moriah so much as the kingdom of which that mountain was the representative, the seat of the throne of the anointed Son of God (Psa 2:6; compare Psa 40:2).
All fowl of every wing - (or, of every kind) are those who flock from all lands to this kingdom. Compare Mat 13:32.
The prophet brings prominently forward the future exaltation of the king; and he furnishes us thereby with hope, encouragement, and consolation, at such times as we see the Church of Christ in like depression. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| In the mountain - In Jerusalem. All fowl - All nations. In the shadow - There they shall find peace and safety. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
In the mountain of the height of Israel - He shall make his appearance at the temple, and found his Church at Jerusalem.
Shalt bring forth boughs - Apostles, evangelists, and their successors in the Gospel ministry.
And bear fruit - Multitudes of souls shall be converted by their preaching.
And under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing - All the nations of the earth shall receive his Gospel.
In the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell - Trust in him alone for salvation, and be saved in their trusting. |
12 The leaves [06074] thereof were fair [08209], and the fruit [04] thereof much [07690], and in it was meat [04203] for all [03606]: the beasts [02423] of the field [01251] had shadow [02927] under [08460] it, and the fowls [06853] of the heaven [08065] dwelt [01753] in the boughs [06056] thereof, and all [03606] flesh [01321] was fed [02110] of it [04481].
6 All the fowls [05775] of heaven [08064] made their nests [07077] in his boughs [05589], and under his branches [06288] did all the beasts [02416] of the field [07704] bring forth their young [03205], and under his shadow [06738] dwelt [03427] all great [07227] nations [01471].
32 Which [3739] indeed [3303] is [2076] the least [3398] of all [3956] seeds [4690]: but [1161] when [3752] it is grown [837], it is [2076] the greatest [3187] among herbs [3001], and [2532] becometh [1096] a tree [1186], so that [5620] the birds [4071] of the air [3772] come [2064] and [2532] lodge [2681] in [1722] the branches [2798] thereof [846].
32 Which [3739] indeed [3303] is [2076] the least [3398] of all [3956] seeds [4690]: but [1161] when [3752] it is grown [837], it is [2076] the greatest [3187] among herbs [3001], and [2532] becometh [1096] a tree [1186], so that [5620] the birds [4071] of the air [3772] come [2064] and [2532] lodge [2681] in [1722] the branches [2798] thereof [846].
2 He brought me up [05927] also out of an horrible [07588] pit [0953], out of the miry [03121] clay [02916], and set [06965] my feet [07272] upon a rock [05553], and established [03559] my goings [0838].
6 Yet have I set [05258] my king [04428] upon my holy [06944] hill [02022] of Zion [06726].
40 For in mine holy [06944] mountain [02022], in the mountain [02022] of the height [04791] of Israel [03478], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], there shall all the house [01004] of Israel [03478], all of them in the land [0776], serve [05647] me: there will I accept [07521] them, and there will I require [01875] your offerings [08641], and the firstfruits [07225] of your oblations [04864], with all your holy things [06944].