Eze 17:22-24 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Ezek 17:22-24: 17:22-24 The last part of the chapter turns the fable around. Now the Lord would take a branch from the ... cedar tree and plant it on ... Israel’s highest mountain . As elsewhere in the Old Testament, tree imagery stands for the royal line, with a new shoot representing a fresh start (cp. Isa 11:1 ). The judgment upon the vine would not end the monarchy after all. God would plant a fresh branch that would grow into a more majestic cedar than the first cedar had ever been. Although the present dynasty of kings had reached a dead end in Zedekiah, a new beginning was not only possible but inevitable in God’s time (see Hag 2:21-23 ; Matt 1:11-16 ; 2:1-11 ). • God cuts the tall tree down , makes the short tree grow tall , and gives the dead tree new life , enabling birds of every sort (representing the nations) to find shelter and shade under its branches. God’s promise of an eternal throne for David would not ultimately be thwarted by the failures of David’s descendants, the kings of Judah. One day, the dynasty of David—in the person of Jesus—would once again be raised up as the source of blessing for all nations.

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‏ Ezekiel 17:22-24

Summary for Ezek 17:22-24: 17:22-24 ^a The last part of the chapter turns the fable around. Now the Lord would take a branch from the ... cedar tree and plant it on ... Israel’s highest mountain. As elsewhere in the Old Testament, tree imagery stands for the royal line, with a new shoot representing a fresh start (cp. Isa 11:1 ^b). The judgment upon the vine would not end the monarchy after all. God would plant a fresh branch that would grow into a more majestic cedar than the first cedar had ever been. Although the present dynasty of kings had reached a dead end in Zedekiah, a new beginning was not only possible but inevitable in God’s time (see Hag 2:21-23 ^c; Matt 1:11-16 ^d; 2:1-11 ^e).

• God cuts the tall tree down, makes the short tree grow tall, and gives the dead tree new life, enabling birds of every sort (representing the nations) to find shelter and shade under its branches. God’s promise of an eternal throne for David would not ultimately be thwarted by the failures of David’s descendants, the kings of Judah. One day, the dynasty of David—in the person of Jesus—would once again be raised up as the source of blessing for all nations.