6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-7)We have here an answer of peace to the prayers of returning Israel. They seek God’s face, and they shall not seek in vain . God will be sure to meet those in a way of mercy who return to him in a way of duty. If we speak to God in good prayers, God will speak to us in good promises, as he answered the angel with good words and comfortable words , Zech. 1:13. If we take with us the foregoing words…
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