Ezekiel 17:22 Thus says the Lord God: “I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. 23 On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest. 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord; I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.”
Once again, we see how many different pictures God uses for His sovereignty over Kings and nations. In this chapter alone He speaks of eagles and vines and trees. God the Creator plants and replants. He takes nations and makes them great and also pulls them up and moves them where He wishes. Thus He did with Israel - placing them in Canaan, later exiling them to Babylon, and yet later He would return them again, bringing back life to a desolate place. God takes down the proud and raises up the humble. Which are we?
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