Midrash su Ezechiele 17:24

And the Lord remembered Sarah, as he had said (Gen. 21:1). Scripture states elsewhere in allusion to this verse: And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the Lord, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, and have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish. I, the Lord, have spoken and I will do it (Ezek. 17:24). I have brought down the high tree alludes to Assyria, as it is said: Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing thicket. And of a high stature (ibid. 31:3). Have exalted the low tree refers to Israel, as it is said: Therefore, I have made you contemptible and base before all the people (Mal. 2:9). Have dried up the green tree refers to Abimelech’s wife (because she could not bear children), and I have made the dry tree to flourish alludes to Sarah, as is said: And Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham (Gen. 21:2). I, the Lord, have spoken and I will do it parallels And the Lord did unto Sarah as He had spoken (ibid., v. 1). R. Levi said: During the month of Tammuz, grass withers and trees blossom. Similarly, the grass withered when the Lord closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, and the trees blossomed when the Lord remembered Sarah.

[(Gen. 21:1:) THEN THE LORD VISITED SARAH.] This text is related (to Ezek. 17:24): THEN ALL THE TREES OF THE FIELD SHALL KNOW THAT I THE LORD….¹²⁶Gen. R. 53:1. Who are these TREES OF THE FIELD? R. Jacob bar Aha said: These are the children of Adam, as stated (in Deut. 20:19): FOR THE TREE OF THE FIELD IS HUMANITY. (Ezek. 17:24, cont.:) HAVE BROUGHT DOWN THE LOFTY TREE. This is Nebuchadnezzar. (Ibid., cont.:) HAVE EXALTED THE LOWLY TREE. This refers to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, who were thrown into the fiery furnace. (Ibid., cont.:) HAVE DRIED UP THE GREEN TREE. This is Belshazzar. (Ibid., cont.:) HAVE MADE THE WITHERED TREE BUD. This is Daniel.

The second wonder (was) about the wives of the sons of Noah. From the day when the heavens and the earth were created there never was a woman who at ninety years of age had a child, until Sarah came and bare (a son) when (she was) ninety years old. All the kings of the earth heard (thereof), and they did not believe. What did the Holy One, blessed be He, do to them? He dried up the breasts of their wives, as it is said, "And all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish" (Ezek. 17:24).