The Meaning of Ezekiel 17:23 Explained

Ezekiel 17:23

KJV: 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.

YLT: In a mountain -- the high place of Israel, I plant it, And it hath borne boughs, and yielded fruit, And become a goodly cedar, And dwelt under it have all birds of every wing, In the shade of its thin shoots they dwell.

Darby: upon the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth branches, and bear fruit, and become a noble cedar; and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

ASV: 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 birds of every wing; in the shade of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Ezekiel 17:23 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 17

1  Under the parable of two eagles and a vine
11  is shown God's judgment upon Jerusalem for revolting from Babylon to Egypt
22  God promises to plant the cedar of the Gospel

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 17:23 mean?

On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it and it will bring forth boughs and bear fruit and be a cedar Majestic and will dwell Under it every birds of every sort in the shadow of its branches they will dwell
בְּהַ֨ר מְר֤וֹם יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶשְׁתֳּלֶ֔נּוּ וְנָשָׂ֤א עָנָף֙ וְעָ֣שָׂה פֶ֔רִי וְהָיָ֖ה לְאֶ֣רֶז אַדִּ֑יר וְשָׁכְנ֣וּ תַחְתָּ֗יו כֹּ֚ל צִפּ֣וֹר כָּל־ כָּנָ֔ף בְּצֵ֥ל דָּלִיּוֹתָ֖יו תִּשְׁכֹּֽנָּה

בְּהַ֨ר  On  the  mountain 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
מְר֤וֹם  height 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מָרֹום  
Sense: height.
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
אֶשְׁתֳּלֶ֔נּוּ  I  will  plant  it 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁתַל  
Sense: (Qal) to plant, transplant.
וְנָשָׂ֤א  and  it  will  bring  forth 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
עָנָף֙  boughs 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עָנָף  
Sense: bough, branch.
וְעָ֣שָׂה  and  bear 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
פֶ֔רִי  fruit 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: פְּרִי  
Sense: fruit.
וְהָיָ֖ה  and  be 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לְאֶ֣רֶז  a  cedar 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶרֶז  
Sense: cedar.
אַדִּ֑יר  Majestic 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: אַדִּיר  
Sense: great, majestic.
וְשָׁכְנ֣וּ  and  will  dwell 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: שָׁכַן  
Sense: to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside.
תַחְתָּ֗יו  Under  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
כֹּ֚ל  every 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
צִפּ֣וֹר  birds 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: צִפֹּור  
Sense: bird, fowl.
כָּל־  of  every 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
כָּנָ֔ף  sort 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: כָּנָף  
Sense: wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt.
בְּצֵ֥ל  in  the  shadow 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: צֵל  
Sense: shadow, shade.
דָּלִיּוֹתָ֖יו  of  its  branches 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּלִית  
Sense: branch, bough.
תִּשְׁכֹּֽנָּה  they  will  dwell 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: שָׁכַן  
Sense: to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside.