Pentecost Season · Proper 6 · Year B
Ezekiel 17:22-24
The Sprig from the Cedar
June 13, 2027
Overview & Insights
“I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out … and it will bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar.” (Ezekiel 17:22-23)
God promises to take a tender sprig from the top of a cedar and plant it on a high mountain, where it will grow into a noble tree sheltering every kind of bird, a sign that the Lord brings low the high tree and makes the low tree flourish.
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Commentary
Ezekiel 17:22-24 Working Preacher
A Luther Seminary commentary reading the cedar sprig as a hope planted by God and connecting it to the Mark 4 parables.
Ezekiel 17 Enduring Word · David Guzik
A verse by verse evangelical commentary on the allegory of the cedar sprig.
Ezekiel 17 Commentary Precept Austin
Word studies and cross references working verse by verse through Ezekiel 17.
Ezekiel 17:22 BibleHub
Parallel classic commentaries assembled for each verse of Ezekiel 17:22-24.
Ezekiel 17, Expository Notes StudyLight
Thomas Constable's expository notes on the parable of the cedar in Ezekiel 17.
Background & Word Study
Ezekiel 17 in Hebrew Sefaria
The Hebrew text of Ezekiel 17 with JPS translation and classical Jewish commentators.
Enter the Bible: Ezekiel Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary background on Ezekiel, its exilic setting and imagery.
Ezekiel 17 Hebrew Interlinear BibleHub
The Hebrew text of Ezekiel 17 word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers.
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