Branch

"A symbol of kings descended from royal ancestors (Ezek. 17:3," "10; Dan. 11:7); of prosperity (Job 8:16); of the Messiah, a" "branch out of the root of the stem of Jesse (Isa. 11:1), the" "beautiful branch (4:2), a "righteous branch" (Jer. 23:5), "the" "Branch" (Zech. 3:8; 6:12)." "Disciples are branches of the true vine (John 15:5, 6). "The "branch of the terrible ones" (Isa. 25:5) is rightly translated" "in the Revised Version "the song of the terrible ones," i.e.," the song of victory shall be brought low by the destruction of Babylon and the return of the Jews from captivity. "The "abominable branch" is a tree on which a malefactor has been "hanged (Isa. 14:19). The "highest branch" in Ezek. 17:3" represents Jehoiakim the king.