John Trapp on Ezekiel 17:22

Ver. 22. I will alſo take of the higheſt branch of the high Cedar] Underſtand this great and precious Promiſe of Zerubbabel and his ſucceſſours,Inſignis eſt ha[illegible: 1 letter] prophetia. Lavat. but eſpecially of Chriſt and his Kingdom. How oft in the Prophets is he ſtiled the Branch? Iſa. 11.1. And how ordinary is it with God, after dreadful threats againſt the wicked, to come in with his Attamen for the comfort of his Elect, who in their deepeſt diſtreſſe have cauſe enough to encourage themſelves in the Lord Chriſt their God, as did David at the ſack of Ziglag? 1 Sam. 30.6. Here they are excited in the loſſe of all elſe, to fetch comfort from Chriſts deſcent from David, his Exaltation to the kingdom of the Church Univerſal, his bounty and benefits, his bringing in the fulneſſe of the Gentiles, and his ſetting forth of his Fathers glory.

A tender one] Chriſt, of weak and low beginning. Tenellum. Pſal. 2.6.

And will plant it] Upon Zion (ſpiritual eſpecially) upon Calvary, ſaith Theodoret, expounding the Septuagint, who render the text thus, I will hang it upon the high mountain of Iſrael.