Job 14:9

New King James Version

⁹Yet at the scent of water it will bud
And bring forth branches like a plant.

Romans 11:17-24

New King James Version

¹⁷And if ^(A)some of the branches were broken off, ^(B)and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and ^[a]fatness of the olive tree, ¹⁸^(C)do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

¹⁹You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.” ²⁰Well said. Because of ^(D)unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. ²¹For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. ²²Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, ^[b]goodness, ^(E)if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise ^(F)you also will be cut off. ²³And they also, ^(G)if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. ²⁴For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

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Footnotes

Romans 11:17 richness
Romans 11:22 NU adds of God

Ezekiel 19:10

New King James Version

¹⁰‘Your mother was ^(A)like a vine in your ^[a]bloodline,
Planted by the waters,
^(B)Fruitful and full of branches
Because of many waters.

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Footnotes

Ezekiel 19:10 Lit. blood, so with MT, Syr., Vg.; LXX like a flower on a pomegranate tree; Tg. in your likeness

Ezekiel 19:10 in all English translations

Ezekiel 17:22-24

New King James Version

Israel Exalted at Last^(A)

²²Thus says the Lord God: “I will take also one of the highest ^(B)branches of the high cedar and set it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs ^(C)a tender one, and will ^(D)plant it on a high and prominent mountain. ²³^(E)On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it; and it will bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a majestic cedar. ^(F)Under it will dwell birds of every sort; in the shadow of its branches they will dwell. ²⁴And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the Lord, ^(G)have brought down the high tree and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish; ^(H)I, the Lord, have spoken and have done it.”

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Ezekiel 17:3-10

New King James Version

³and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

^(A)“A great eagle with large wings and long pinions,
Full of feathers of various colors,
Came to Lebanon
And ^(B)took from the cedar the highest branch.
⁴He cropped off its topmost young twig
And carried it to a land of trade;
He set it in a city of merchants.
⁵Then he took some of the seed of the land
And planted it in ^(C)a fertile field;
He placed it by abundant waters
And set it ^(D)like a willow tree.
⁶And it grew and became a spreading vine ^(E)of low stature;
Its branches turned toward him,
But its roots were under it.
So it became a vine,
Brought forth branches,
And put forth shoots.

⁷“But there was ^[a]another great eagle with large wings and many feathers;
And behold, ^(F)this vine bent its roots toward him,
And stretched its branches toward him,
From the garden terrace where it had been planted,
That he might water it.
⁸It was planted in ^[b]good soil by many waters,
To bring forth branches, bear fruit,
And become a majestic vine.” ’

⁹“Say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

“Will it thrive?
^(G)Will he not pull up its roots,
Cut off its fruit,
And leave it to wither?
All of its spring leaves will wither,
And no great power or many people
Will be needed to pluck it up by its roots.
¹⁰Behold, it is planted,
Will it thrive?
^(H)Will it not utterly wither when the east wind touches it?
It will wither in the garden terrace where it grew.” ’ ”