~ The Trees ~

"'This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
I myself will take a shoot
from the very top of a cedar and plant it;
I will beak off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots
and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
On the mountain heights of Israel I will plant it;
it will produce branches and bear fruit
and become a splendid cedar.
Birds of every kind will nest in it;
they will find shelter in the shade of its branches.
All the trees of the field will know
that I the Lord bring down the tall tree
and make the low tree grow tall.
I dry up the green tree 
and make the dry tree flourish.

"'I the Lord have spoken,
and I will do it.'"

(Ezekiel 17:22-24)