sceptres … bare rule Or, for rulers" sceptres, i.e. royal sceptres. Out of Israel this vine there rose powerful native kings.

among the thick branches Or, into the clouds, cf. Ezekiel 31:3; Ezekiel 31:10; Ezekiel 31:14. The phrase is designedly hyperbolical, to express the power of Israel in earlier times. Jeremiah 11:16-17.

appeared in her height Lit. was seen conspicuously and from afar.

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