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.
Verse Ezekiel 17:22. _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...
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...
Ezekiel 17:1. The great eagle mentioned first is Nebuchadnezzar. (See Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:22). He came to Lebanon and took the highest branch of the cedar, the symbol of the house of David, wh...
EZEKIEL 17. THE PERFIDIOUS KING. Jerusalem, as we have seen, is to be punished for her guilty past and her perfidious people (Ezekiel 17:16), but no less for her guilty present and her perfidious king...
THE HIGHEST BRANCH. Sets forth the restoration of the kingdom in the Messiah. BRANCH. Compare Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 23:6; Jeremiah 33:15.
Promise of a new and universal Messianic kingdom in Israel The attempt of the king of Babylon to set up a kingdom in Israel miscarried; he who set up the kingdom took it away. The shoot planted by hi...
_I will also take_ I WILL TAKE "I" emphatic. The figure refers to the house of David, cf. Ezekiel 17:2; Isaiah 53:2. _high mountain_ This belongs partly to the figure of the cedar, but indicates also...
DISCOURSE: 1106 PARABLE OF THE TWIG OF A CEDAR PLANTED IN THE HEIGHT OF ISRAEL Ezekiel 17:22. Thus saith the Lord God; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will...
I WILL ALSO TAKE, &C.— _I will also take of a branch of the high cedar, and I will give out from the top of his young suckers a tender twig: I will crop it off, and will plant it,_ &c. Ezekiel 17:23....
V. MESSIAH: THE STATELY CEDAR 17:22-24 TRANSLATION (22) Thus says the Lord GOD: Moreover I, even I, will take of the top of the lofty cedar, and I will set it; and I will break off from the topmost o...
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 mounta...
ZEDEKIAH'S PERFIDY AND ITS PUNISHMENT Zedekiah had been placed on the throne of Judah as a vassal of Babylon, but was led by his nobles to intrigue with Egypt and to throw off the Babylonian yoke. The...
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 17 * This chapter contains a puzzle and its meaning. Two po...
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, car...
כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וְ לָקַ֣חְתִּי...
THE END OF THE MONARCHY Ezekiel 12:1; Ezekiel 17:1; Ezekiel 19:1 IN spite of the interest excited by Ezekiel's prophetic appearances, the exiles still received his prediction of the fall of Jerusalem...
Commanded by Jehovah, the prophet then put forth a riddle. A great eagle came on Lebanon, and took off the top of the cedar, planting the young twigs in a land of traffic, a city of merchants. Moreove...
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch (n) of the high cedar, and will set [it]; I will crop off from the (o) top of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant [it] upon an...
Cedar. Of the Royal stock of David. --- Twig. Jesus Christ, whom God hath planted in Mount Sion, that is, the high mountain of his Church, to which all nations flow. (Challoner) --- The Jews in vain a...
Reader! how refreshing is it, after going through a long chapter full of the history of the perfidy and baseness of man, to come to a portion of it, however short, yet full of grace, to show the goodn...
Here the Prophet begins to treat of the restoration of the nation and kingdom. Thus this prophecy without doubt refers to Christ, because although in some sense God had pity on the people when they en...
Chapter 17 present the judgment of Zedekiah for despising the oath that Nebuchadnezzar made him take in the name of Jehovah. Israel not having been able to stand in integrity before God, Jehovah had c...
THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD,.... Lest it should be thought, by the above prophecies, that the tribe of Judah should be utterly lost, and the family of David extinct, and the promise to him void, that he s...
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 mou...
_I will also take of the highest branch_, &c. God, having spoken of Jerusalem, in the first part of this chapter, under the figure of a cedar, and the king of it as the highest branch of the cedar, he...
Thus saith the Lord God, I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, a shoot of the royal house of David, AND WILL SET IT, give it a place where it might grow; I WILL CROP OFF FROM THE T...
THE DOUBLE APPLICATION OF THE PARABLE...
22-24 The unbelief of man shall not make the promise of God of none effect. The parable of a tree, used in the threatening, is here presented in the promise. It appears only applicable to Jesus, the...
Whereas the judgments threatened might seem to threaten the utter extirpation of the seed of David, now the Lord is pleased to assure its continuance, and the raising of the Messiah from that house ac...
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‘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 his young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and eminen...
CONTENTS: Parable of the great eagle. Rebellion of Zedekiah and its results. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Zedekiah, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: He who breaks covenant with God, and tramples the directions of...
Ezekiel 17:2. _Put forth a riddle._ A parable, or ingenious allegory, that the acumen of the composition may attract attention from the rulers of Judah. This parable is likewise ingeniously explained...
_I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar._ DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY These verses have been accepted by Jewish commentators and by Christian commentators alike as referring to the Messiah,...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 17:1 If ch. Ezekiel 16:1 can be said to express a theological point of view, ch. Ezekiel 17:1
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 17:22 God’s action continues. The terms of the parable are used to sketch an ideal messianic future. God chooses a new SPRIG from the TOPMOST part of the cedar (v....
THE RESTORATION OF DAVID’S HOUSE (Ezekiel 17:22) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The dire judgments of God which had been foretold will do their awful work. But beyond them, the prophet sees God’s merciful purpose...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 17:2 PUT FORTH A RIDDLE, etc. Again there is an interval of silence, till another theme is suggested to the prophet's mind and worked out elaborately. This he describes as a "riddl...
CHAPTER 17. THE PARABLE OF THE TWO GREAT EAGLES, AND THE CROPPING OF THE CEDAR OF LEBANON. Ezekiel 17:1. _And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,_ Ezekiel 17:2. _Son of man, put forth a riddle,...
Now in chapter 17 he speaks a parable of a great eagle. And this is where some of these harebrained people begin to spiritualize and try to read the United States into prophecy. Because there is an ea...
Daniel 2:35; Daniel 2:44; Daniel 2:45; Ezekiel 20:40; Ezekiel 34:29;...