Ezekiel 17:22–24

22 “ ‘This is what the Lord God says:

I will take a sprig

from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it.ae

I will pluck a tender sprig

from its topmost shoots,

and I will plant it

on a high towering mountain.

23 I will plant it on Israel’s high mountainaf

so that it may bear branches, produce fruit,

and become a majestic cedar.

Birds of every kind will nest under it,a

taking shelter in the shade of its branches.

24 Then all the trees of the field will know

that I am the Lord.

I bring down the tall tree,

and make the low tree tall.b

I cause the green tree to wither

and make the withered tree thrive.c

I, the Lord, have spoken

and I will do it.’ ”d