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Ezekiel 17:23

I 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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ASV

in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

KJV

In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בְּהַ֨רbe.Haron [the] mountain ofH2022 →
מְר֤וֹםme.Rom[the] height ofH4791 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
אֶשְׁתֳּלֶ֔נּוּ'esh.to.Le.nuI will plant itH8362 →
וְנָשָׂ֤אve.na.Sa'and it will bearH5375 →
עָנָף֙'a.Nafbranch[es]H6057 →
וְעָ֣שָׂהve.'A.sahand it will produceH6213 →
פֶ֔רִיFe.rifruitH6529 →
וְהָיָ֖הve.ha.Yahand it will becomeH1961 →
לְאֶ֣רֶזle.'E.rez<into> a cedarH730 →
אַדִּ֑יר'a.DirmajesticH117 →
וְשָׁכְנ֣וּve.sha.khe.Nuand they will dwellH7931 →
תַחְתָּ֗יוtach.Tavunder itH8478 →
כֹּ֚לkoleveryH3605 →
צִפּ֣וֹרtzi.PorbirdH6833 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
כָּנָ֔ףka.NafwingH3671 →
בְּצֵ֥לbe.Tzelin [the] shadow ofH6738 →
דָּלִיּוֹתָ֖יוda.li.yo.Tavbranches itsH1808 →
תִּשְׁכֹּֽנָּה׃tish.Ko.nahthey will dwellH7931 →

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Matthew 13:32Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”Ezekiel 31:6All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.Psalms 104:16The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,Isaiah 2:2In 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 all nations will stream to it.John 15:5–8I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.Hosea 14:7They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.Jeremiah 31:12They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.Isaiah 27:6In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.John 12:24Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.Psalms 22:27–30All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.Psalms 92:12–13The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.Daniel 4:21–23whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the air nested—Daniel 4:10–14In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.Daniel 4:12Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.Ezekiel 20:40For 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 gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.Psalms 148:10wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,Acts 10:11–12He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.Colossians 3:11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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