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Pentecost Season · Proper 6 · Year B

Ezekiel 17:22-24

The Sprig from the Cedar

June 13, 2027

Pilgrimage to the Cedars of Lebanon, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka
Pilgrimage to the Cedars of Lebanon, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, 1907Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
The Hungarian self-taught painter's largest work: an enormous cedar with figures dancing around its roots, painted in colours that look lit from inside.I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of a cedar and plant it on a high and lofty mountain: Ezekiel's parable is about a tree.Hungarian National Gallery, BudapestHungary's collection of its own art, housed in the former royal palace on Buda hill.Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMark 4:26-34Mk 4:26-34
Epistle2 Cor. 5:6-10, (11-13), 14-172 Cor 5:6-10, (11-13), 14-17
Old Testament1 Sam. 15:34 - 16:131 Sm 15:34 - 16:13Alt. OTEzek. 17:22-24Ez 17:22-24
PsalterPs. 20Ps 20Alt. PsalmPs. 92:1-4, 12-15Ps 92:1-4, 12-15

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 17:22-24Ez 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 17Ez 17 Enduring Word · David Guzik

A verse by verse evangelical commentary on the allegory of the cedar sprig.

Ezekiel 17 CommentaryEz 17 Commentary Precept Austin

Word studies and cross references working verse by verse through Ezekiel 17.

Ezekiel 17:22Ez 17:22 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries assembled for each verse of Ezekiel 17:22-24.

Ezekiel 17, Expository NotesEz 17, Expository Notes StudyLight

Thomas Constable's expository notes on the parable of the cedar in Ezekiel 17.

Background & Word Study

Ezekiel 17 in HebrewEz 17 in Hebrew Sefaria

The Hebrew text of Ezekiel 17 with JPS translation and classical Jewish commentators.

Ezekiel 17 Hebrew InterlinearEz 17 Hebrew Interlinear BibleHub

The Hebrew text of Ezekiel 17 word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers.

The Church Fathers

Ezekiel 17, patristic commentaryEz 17, patristic commentary Catena

A verse linked catena gathering early church comment on Ezekiel 17.

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