All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs - so "under it (the goodly cedar in the mountain of the height of Israel) shall dwell all fowl of every wing, in the shadow of the branches" (Ezekiel 17:23); the mustard-seed "becometh a tree, so that the birds of air come and lodge in the branches" (Daniel 4:12). The Gospel-kingdom shall gather all under its covert, for their good and for the glory of God, whereas the world-kingdoms gather men under themselves for evil and for self-aggrandizement (Matthew 13:32).