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“I the LORD Have Spoken and Will Do It”: Verbal Paradox and Divine Reversal in Ezekiel 17:24
וְֽיָדְע֞וּ כָּל־עֲצֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ הִשְׁפַּ֣לְתִּי עֵ֣ץ גָּבֹ֗הַ הִגְבַּ֨הְתִּי֙ עֵ֣ץ שָׁפָ֔ל הֹובַ֨שְׁתִּי֙ עֵ֣ץ לָ֔ח וְהִפְרַ֖חְתִּי עֵ֣ץ יָבֵ֑שׁ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי וְעָשִֽׂיתִי׃
(Ezekiel 17:24)
And all the trees of the field shall know that I am Yahweh, I brought low the high tree, I exalted the low tree, I dried up the green tree, and I made the dry tree flourish. I am Yahweh, I have spoken and I have done.
Prophecy of Reversal and Sovereignty
In Ezekiel 17:24, YHWH concludes a prophetic parable by asserting His absolute sovereignty over history and nature.… Learn Hebrew
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