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21 All the [a](A)choice men in all his troops will fall by the sword, and the remnant will be scattered to every wind; and you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken.”

22 Thus says Lord Yahweh, “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 an (B)exalted and lofty mountain. 23 On the high mountain of Israel I will plant it, that it may lift up [b]boughs and yield fruit and become a majestic (C)cedar. And birds of every [c]kind will dwell under it; they will dwell in the shade of its [d]branches.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 17:21 As in many ancient mss and versions; M.T. fugitives
  2. Ezekiel 17:23 Or branches, cf. 17:8
  3. Ezekiel 17:23 Lit wing
  4. Ezekiel 17:23 Or foliage, cf. 17:7