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Israel Exalted at Last

22 Thus says the Lord God:

I myself will take a sprig
    from the lofty top of the cedar;
    I will set it out.
I will break off a tender shoot
    from the topmost of its young twigs;
I myself will transplant it
    on a high and lofty mountain.(A)
23 On the mountain height of Israel
    I will transplant it,
and it will produce boughs and bear fruit
    and become a noble cedar.
Under it every kind of bird will live;
    in the shade of its branches will nest
    winged creatures of every kind.(B)
24 All the trees of the field shall know
    that I am the Lord.
I bring low the high tree;
    I make high the low tree;
I dry up the green tree
    and make the dry tree flourish.
I the Lord have spoken;
    I will accomplish it.(C)

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22 Someday, I, the Lord,
will cut a tender twig
    from the top of a cedar tree,
then plant it on the peak
    of Israel's tallest mountain,
23 where it will grow
strong branches
    and produce large fruit.
All kinds of birds will find
    shelter under the tree,
and they will rest in the shade
    of its branches.
24 Every tree in the forest
    will know that I, the Lord,
can bring down tall trees
    and help short ones grow.
I dry up green trees
    and make dry ones green.
I, the Lord, have spoken,
    and I will keep my word.

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