Ezekiel 17:24

And all the trees of the field, men throughout the world, shall know that I, the Lord, have brought down the high tree, the proud Zedekiah, have exalted the low tree, the lowly Messiah, have dried up the green tree, which the last king of Judah considered himself to be, and have made the dry tree to flourish, Cf Isaiah 53:2. I, the Lord, have spoken and have done it. The passage sets forth, in a most unmistakable fashion, the rise of the Messiah from His lowly origin, as a branch of the impoverished family of David, to be the King of His Church, which, under His benign and powerful rule, extends throughout the world and gathers into its communion men from every race and nation.