17:22 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘I will take a sprig 1 from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. 2
I will pluck from the top one of its tender twigs;
I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
17:23 I will plant it on a high mountain of Israel,
and it will raise branches and produce fruit and become a beautiful cedar.
Every bird will live under it;
Every winged creature will live in the shade of its branches.
1 sn The language is analogous to messianic imagery in Isa 11:1; Zech 3:8; 6:4 although the technical terminology is not the same.
2 tc The LXX lacks “and plant it.”