His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
His branches shall spread - shoots, or suckers.
And his beauty shall be as the olive - which never loses its verdure. One plant is not enough to express the varied graces of God's elect people. The lily depicts its lovely growth; but as it wants duration and firmness, the deeply-rooted cedars of Lebanon are added; these, however, are fruitless, therefore the fruitful, peace-bearing, fragrant, evergreen olive is added.
And his smell as Lebanon - which exhaled from it the fragrance of odoriferous trees and flowers. 'As you enter the valley (between Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon) straightway the scent meets you' (Theophrastus' 'History of Plants,' 10: 7, in Pusey). So Israel's name shall be in good savour with all (Genesis 27:27, Isaac "smelled the smell of his (Jacob's) raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed" (Song of Solomon 4:11).