Ezek.17.23

Ezekiel 17:23

KJV GOD

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.

The Parable Explained

Cross References

Matthew 13:32

KJV Jesus

Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

Mark 4:32

KJV Jesus

But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

Luke 13:19

KJV Jesus

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

Psalm 80:8

KJV

Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

Hear Us, O Shepherd of Israel

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph.

Psalm 92:12

KJV

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

How Great Are Your Works!

A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.

Song of Solomon 5:15

KJV

His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

The Bride and Her Beloved

Admiration by the Bride

Jeremiah 31:12

KJV GOD

Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

Mourning Turned to Joy

Ezekiel 31:6

KJV GOD

All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.

Egypt Will Fall like Assyria

Ezekiel 36:8

KJV GOD

¶ But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.

A Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel

Ezekiel 40:2

KJV

In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.

The Man with a Measuring Rod

Daniel 4:12

KJV

The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.

Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream of a Great Tree

Hosea 14:7

KJV GOD

They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

A Promise of God’s Blessing

Hosea 14:8

KJV GOD

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.