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Ezekiel 17:22-24 22 Thus says the Lord God : I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of a cedar; I will set it out. I will break off a tender one from the topmost of its young twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
Ezekiel 17:22-24 22 Thus says the Lord God : I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of a cedar; I will set it out. I will break off a tender one from the topmost of its young twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
17 cze 2012 · In this text, Ezekiel gives us yet another of the Bible’s many images of God: God as tree planter and tree tender. Even a cursory concordance search reveals that the Bible is rife with trees. In Genesis, we learn, intriguingly, that God made trees not first because of any utilitarian value, but simply because God likes trees.
Israel Exalted at Last - Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar; I will set it out. I will break off a.
Ezekiel 17:22–24 — English Standard Version (ESV) 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.
Commentary, Ezekiel 17:22-24, Fred Gaiser, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012. "That is quite a different image than the images of God as harsh judge and as one interested only in the 'righteous' that we sometimes hear about these days."
22 Thus says the Lord God: I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of a cedar; I will set it out. I will break off a tender one from the topmost of its young twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
