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Ezekiel 17:22

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¶ 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:

Thus saith {H559} the Lord {H136} GOD {H3069}; I will also take {H3947} of the highest branch {H6788} of the high {H7311} cedar {H730}, and will set {H5414} it; I will crop off {H6998} from the top {H7218} of his young twigs {H3127} a tender one {H7390}, and will plant {H8362} it upon an high {H1364} mountain {H2022} and eminent {H8524}:

"Adonai ELOHIM says, 'From the top of this tall cedar, from its highest branch, I will take a shoot and plant it myself on a high and prominent mountain.

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.

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:

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 53:2 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Zechariah 6:12 (4 votes)

    And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name [is] The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:

  • Zechariah 6:13 (4 votes)

    Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

  • Ezekiel 20:40 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Isaiah 11:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

  • Isaiah 11:5 (4 votes)

    And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

  • Psalms 2:6 (4 votes)

    Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.