22 Thus says the Lord GOD , "I will also take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and set it out; I will pluck from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain . 23 "On the high mountain of Israel I will plant it, that it may bring forth boughs and bear fruit and become a stately cedar . And birds of every kind will nest under it; they will nest in the shade of its branches . 24 "All the trees of the field will know that I am the Lord ; I bring down the high tree , exalt the low tree , dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish . I am the Lord ; I have spoken , and I will perform it."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 17:22-24
Commentary on Ezekiel 17:22-24
(Read Ezekiel 17:22-24)
The unbelief of man shall not make the promise of God of none effect. The parable of a tree, used in the threatening, is here presented in the promise. It appears only applicable to Jesus, the Son of David, the Messiah of God. The kingdom of Satan, which has borne so long, so large a sway, shall be broken, and the kingdom of Christ, which was looked upon with contempt, shall be established. Blessed be God, our Redeemer is seen even by the ends of the earth. We may find refuge from the wrath to come, and from every enemy and danger, under his shadow; and believers are fruitful in him.