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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