Ezekiel 29:21 - Exposition

The horn of the house of Israel. The "horn" is, as always ( 1 Samuel 2:1 ; Psalms 92:10 ; Psalms 112:9 ; Psalms 132:17 ), the symbol of power. Jeremiah's use of it ( Lamentations 2:3 ) may well have been present to Ezekiel's thoughts. That horn had been cut off, but it should begin to sprout again, and the prophet himself should resume his work as the teacher of his people, which had apparently been suspended for many years after the closing vision of the restoration of the temple and of Israel. The words justify the conclusion that Ezekiel resumed his labors after B.C. 572. Was he watching the growth of Saiathiel or Zerubbabel?