Ezekiel 17:22 “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty to…”

Ezekiel 17:22

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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:

World English Bible

“The Lord GOD 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.

American Standard Version

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:

Geneva Bible 1599

Thus saith the Lord God, I wil also take off the top of this hie cedar, and wil set it, and cut off the top of the tender plant thereof, and I wil plant it vpon an hie mountaine and great.

Darby Translation

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also take of the highest branch of the lofty cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of its young shoots a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and eminent mountain:

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

This is what the Lord has said: Further, I will take the highest top of the cedar and put it in the earth; cutting off from the highest of his young branches a soft one, I will have it planted on a high and great mountain;

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Cross references

“highest”

Isaiah 11:1–5 Zechariah 3:8 Psalm 80:15 Isaiah 4:2 Zechariah 4:12–14 Ezekiel 34:29

Isaiah 11:1–5 · BSB

Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.

Zechariah 3:8 · BSB

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.

Psalm 80:15 · BSB

the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.

Isaiah 4:2 · BSB

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.

Zechariah 4:12–14 · BSB

And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”

Ezekiel 34:29 · BSB

And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.

“a tender”

Isaiah 53:2

Isaiah 53:2 · BSB

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.

“upon”

Ezekiel 20:40 Psalm 2:6 Ezekiel 40:2 Psalm 72:16 Micah 4:1 Daniel 2:35

Ezekiel 20:40 · BSB

For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gi…

Psalm 2:6 · BSB

“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”

Ezekiel 40:2 · BSB

In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.

Psalm 72:16 · BSB

May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.

Micah 4:1 · BSB

In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.

Daniel 2:35 · BSB

Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the s…

Also

Ezekiel 37:22

Ezekiel 37:22 · BSB

I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.’

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.

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