After the flood, a dove brings a branch to Noah. Then Noah’s ark rests (Heb. nuach ) on Ararat, a wandering ark come to a resting place. As his father predicted, Noah brings nuach .
After the Assyrian flood, which is also a deforestation, Yahweh will make a Branch grow from the root of Jesse, and on Him the ruach of Yahweh rests ( nuach ). He is a new David, also a new Noah, also a new Adam.
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