Ezekiel 17:23

23. In the mountain of the height… will I plant it Compare Ezekiel 17:3; Ezekiel 20:40; Ezekiel 40:2; Isaiah 2:9; Isaiah 11:10; Micah 4:1-3. This new kingdom shall be conspicuous and fruitful, yea, it shall be a universal kingdom, for “all fowl of every wing” shall dwell under it (Ezekiel 31:6; Daniel 4:12). Babylon could only make of the Israelitish kingdom a “vine of low stature,” and Egypt could not do more; but Jehovah can make of it a mighty cedar crowning the mountain height. This was never realized until the Messianic kingdom was set up by the divine “Branch” on the holy hill of Zion. (Zechariah 3:8; Isaiah 53:2; Isaiah 11:1.) In the only fragment of a wall preserved from the most ancient mosque in Damascus is carved this sentence: “Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations” ( <19E513>Psalms 145:13; Daniel 2:44; Daniel 7:27).