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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.

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ASV

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:

KJV

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:

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541 →
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3069 →
וְלָקַ֣חְתִּיve.la.Kach.tiand I will takeH3947 →
אָ֗נִי'A.niIH589 →
מִצַּמֶּ֧רֶתmi.tza.Me.retfrom [the] treetop ofH6788 →
הָאֶ֛רֶזha.'E.rezthe cedarH730 →
הָרָמָ֖הha.ra.Mah<the> highH7311 →
וְנָתָ֑תִּיve.na.Ta.tiand I will place [it]H5414 →
מֵרֹ֤אשׁme.Roshfrom [the] top ofH7218 →
יֹֽנְקוֹתָיו֙yo.ne.ko.Tavyoung shoots itsH3127 →
רַ֣ךְrakha tender [shoot]H7390 →
אֶקְטֹ֔ף'ek.TofI will pluck offH6998 →
וְשָׁתַ֣לְתִּיve.sha.Tal.tiand I will plant [it]H8362 →
אָ֔נִי'A.niIH589 →
עַ֥ל'alonH5921 →
הַר־har-a mountainH2022 →
גָּבֹ֖הַga.Vo.hahighH1364 →
וְתָלֽוּל׃ve.ta.Luland loftyH8524 →

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Luke 24:44Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”Psalms 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”Isaiah 11:1–5Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.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.Isaiah 53:2He 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.Zechariah 6:12–13And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.Jeremiah 23:5–6Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.Ezekiel 40:2In 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.Zechariah 3:8Hear 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.Micah 4:1In 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.Psalms 72:16May 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, and its people like the grass of the field.Jeremiah 33:15–16In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.Ezekiel 31:3Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.Isaiah 2:2–3In 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.Ezekiel 37:22I 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.Daniel 2:44–45In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.Daniel 2:35Then 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 statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.Zechariah 4:12–14And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”

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