He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
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Interpretation
Mighty conquerors are aptly likened to birds or beasts of prey, but their destructive passions are overruled to forward God's designs. Those who depart from God, only vary their crimes by changing one carnal confidence for another, and never will prosper.
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This thought runs through Ezekiel 17:1-4.