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Olive-tree, The

 

Olive-tree, The

Often grew wild - Ro 11:17

CULTIVATED

• In olive yards
- 1Sa 8:14; Ne 5:11
• Among rocks
- De 32:13
• On the sides of mountains
- Mt 21:1

Canaan abounded in - De 6:11; 8:8

Assyria abounded in - 2Ki 18:32

Kings of Israel largely cultivated - 1Ch 27:28

DESCRIBED AS

• Green
- Jer 11:16
• Fair and beautiful
- Jer 11:16; Ho 14:6
• Fat and unctuous
- Jud 9:9; Ro 11:17
• Bearing goodly fruit
- Jer 11:16; Jas 3:12

Grafting of, alluded to - Ro 11:24

Pruning of, alluded to - Ro 11:18,19

Often cast its flowers - Job 15:33

Often cast its fruit - De 28:40

Often suffered from caterpillars - Am 4:9

Good for the service of God and man - Jud 9:9

Oil procured from - Ex 27:20; De 8:8

USED FOR MAKING

• The cherubim in the temple
- 1Ki 6:23
• The doors and posts of the temple
- 1Ki 6:31-33
• Booths at feast of tabernacles
- Ne 8:15

Beaten to remove the fruit - De 24:20

Shaken when fully ripe - Isa 17:6

Gleaning of, left for the poor - De 24:20

Fruit of, during sabbatical year left for the poor, &c - Ex 23:11

The fruit of, trodden in presses to extract the oil - Mic 6:15; Hag 2:16

Failure of, a great calamity - Hab 3:17,18

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of Christ
- Ro 11:17,24; Zec 4:3,12
• Of the Jewish church
- Jer 11:16
• Of the righteous
- Ps 52:8; Ho 14:6
• Of children of pious parents
- Ps 128:3
• Of the two witnesses
- Re 11:3,4
• (When wild,) of the Gentiles
- Ro 11:17,24
• (Gleaning of,) of the remnant of grace
- Isa 17:6; 24:13
• Probably origin of its being the emblem of peace
- Ge 8:11
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