Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
Ver. 8. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth] And so the more unlikely to shoot forth again. Trees also have their old age wherein they decay.
And the stock thereof die in the ground] Heb. In the dust, as it needs must, when, cut off from the root, it lieth along on the earth. It was by a miracle that Aaron's rod flourished: not only all the plants of God's setting, but the very boughs cut off from the body of them, shall flourish and be fruitful.