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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 17:3 - Strong Concordance
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| Eze 17:3 |
Strong Concordance |
And say [0559], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; A great [01419] eagle [05404] with great [01419] wings [03671], longwinged [083] [0750], full [04392] of feathers [05133], which had divers colours [07553], came [0935] unto Lebanon [03844], and took [03947] the highest branch [06788] of the cedar [0730]: |
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King James |
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
eagle--the king of birds. The literal Hebrew is, "the great eagle." The symbol of the Assyrian supreme god, Nisroch; so applied to "the great king" of Babylon, his vicegerent on earth (Jer 48:40; Jer 49:22). His "wings" are his great forces. Such symbols were familiar to the Jews, who saw them portrayed on the great buildings of Babylon; such as are now seen in the Assyrian remains.
long-winged--implying the wide extent of his empire.
full of feathers--when they have been renewed after moulting; and so in the full freshness of renovated youth (Psa 103:5; Isa 40:31). Answering to the many peoples which, as tributaries, constituted the strength of Babylon:
divers colours--the golden eagle, marked with star-like spots, supposed to be the largest of eagles [BOCHART]. Answering to the variety of languages, habits, and costumes of the peoples subject to Babylon.
came unto Lebanon--continuing the metaphor: as the eagle frequents mountains, not cities. The temple at Jerusalem was called "Lebanon" by the Jews [EUSEBIUS], because its woodwork was wholly of cedars of Lebanon. "The mountain of the Lord's house" (Isa 2:2). Jerusalem, however, is chiefly meant, the chief seat of civil honor, as Lebanon was of external elevation.
took the highest branch--King Jeconiah, then but eighteen years old, and many of the chiefs and people with him (Kg2 24:8, Kg2 24:12-16). The Hebrew for "highest branch" is, properly, the fleece-like tuft at the top of the tree. (So in Eze 31:3-14). The cedar, as a tall tree, is the symbol of kingly elevation (compare Dan 4:10-12). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
A great eagle ... - Probably the golden eagle, whose plumage has the variety of color here depicted. The eagle (the king of birds) is a natural representative of monarchs (compare, Jer 48:40), and was an Assyrian emblem.
With great wings, Iongwinged - literally, "great of wing, long of pinion," because he has swept victoriously over widely distant lands - of divers colors, because his subjects are of various races and tongues. Jerusalem is here called "Lebanon" because Lebanon is the proper home of the cedar. The "highest branch" or "topshoot" is Jeconiah, the rightful king of Jerusalem, the "young twigs" are his children and the princes carried by Nebuchadnezzar to Babylon. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| A great eagle - Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is compared to a great eagle, the king of birds, swift, strong, rapacious. Great wings - Mighty provinces on each side of his kingdom. Long winged - His kingdom was widely extended. Full of feathers - And full of people. Divers colours - Who were of divert nations, languages and manners. Lebanon - Jerusalem the chief city of the country where this great, fruitful and pleasant hill was. And took - Took, captive and carried away with him the king of Judah, Jehoiachin. The cedar - The nation. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
A great eagle - Nebuchadnezzar. See Jer 48:40; Jer 49:22; Dan 7:4. And see here, Dan 7:12, where it is so applied.
Great wings - Extensive empire.
Long-winged - Rapid in his conquests.
Full of feathers - Having multitudes of subjects.
Divers colors - People of various nations.
Came unto Lebanon - Came against Judea.
The highest branch - King Jehoiachin he took captive to Babylon.
The cedar - The Jewish state and king. |
10 Thus were the visions [02376] of mine head [07217] in [05922] my bed [04903]; I saw [01934] [02370], and behold [0431] a tree [0363] in the midst [01459] of the earth [0772], and the height [07314] thereof was great [07690].
11 The tree [0363] grew [07236], and was strong [08631], and the height [07314] thereof reached [04291] unto heaven [08065], and the sight [02379] thereof to the end [05491] of all [03606] the earth [0772]:
12 The leaves [06074] thereof were fair [08209], and the fruit [04] thereof much [07690], and in it was meat [04203] for all [03606]: the beasts [02423] of the field [01251] had shadow [02927] under [08460] it, and the fowls [06853] of the heaven [08065] dwelt [01753] in the boughs [06056] thereof, and all [03606] flesh [01321] was fed [02110] of it [04481].
3 Behold, the Assyrian [0804] was a cedar [0730] in Lebanon [03844] with fair [03303] branches [06057], and with a shadowing [06751] shroud [02793], and of an high [01362] stature [06967]; and his top [06788] was among the thick boughs [05688].
4 The waters [04325] made him great [01431], the deep [08415] set him up on high [07311] with her rivers [05104] running [01980] round about [05439] his plants [04302], and sent out [07971] her little rivers [08585] unto all the trees [06086] of the field [07704].
5 Therefore his height [06967] was exalted [01361] above all the trees [06086] of the field [07704], and his boughs [05634] were multiplied [07235], and his branches [06288] became long [0748] because of the multitude [07227] of waters [04325], when he shot forth [07971].
6 All the fowls [05775] of heaven [08064] made their nests [07077] in his boughs [05589], and under his branches [06288] did all the beasts [02416] of the field [07704] bring forth their young [03205], and under his shadow [06738] dwelt [03427] all great [07227] nations [01471].
7 Thus was he fair [03302] in his greatness [01433], in the length [0753] of his branches [01808]: for his root [08328] was by great [07227] waters [04325].
8 The cedars [0730] in the garden [01588] of God [0430] could not hide [06004] him: the fir trees [01265] were not like [01819] his boughs [05589], and the chesnut trees [06196] were not like his branches [06288]; nor any tree [06086] in the garden [01588] of God [0430] was like [01819] unto him in his beauty [03308].
9 I have made [06213] him fair [03303] by the multitude [07230] of his branches [01808]: so that all the trees [06086] of Eden [05731], that were in the garden [01588] of God [0430], envied [07065] him.
10 Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Because thou hast lifted up [01361] thyself in height [06967], and he hath shot up [05414] his top [06788] among the thick boughs [05688], and his heart [03824] is lifted up [07311] in his height [01363];
11 I have therefore delivered [05414] him into the hand [03027] of the mighty one [0410] of the heathen [01471]; he shall surely [06213] deal [06213] with him: I have driven him out [01644] for his wickedness [07562].
12 And strangers [02114], the terrible [06184] of the nations [01471], have cut him off [03772], and have left [05203] him: upon the mountains [02022] and in all the valleys [01516] his branches [01808] are fallen [05307], and his boughs [06288] are broken [07665] by all the rivers [0650] of the land [0776]; and all the people [05971] of the earth [0776] are gone down [03381] from his shadow [06738], and have left [05203] him.
13 Upon his ruin [04658] shall all the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064] remain [07931], and all the beasts [02416] of the field [07704] shall be upon his branches [06288]:
14 To the end that none of all the trees [06086] by the waters [04325] exalt [01361] themselves for their height [06967], neither shoot up [05414] their top [06788] among the thick boughs [05688], neither their trees [0352] stand up [05975] in their height [01363], all that drink [08354] water [04325]: for they are all delivered [05414] unto death [04194], to the nether parts [08482] of the earth [0776], in the midst [08432] of the children [01121] of men [0120], with them that go down [03381] to the pit [0953].
12 And Jehoiachin [03078] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] went out [03318] to the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], he, and his mother [0517], and his servants [05650], and his princes [08269], and his officers [05631]: and the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] took [03947] him in the eighth [08083] year [08141] of his reign [04427].
13 And he carried out [03318] thence all the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004], and cut in pieces [07112] all the vessels [03627] of gold [02091] which Solomon [08010] king [04428] of Israel [03478] had made [06213] in the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], as the LORD [03068] had said [01696].
14 And he carried away [01540] all Jerusalem [03389], and all the princes [08269], and all the mighty men [01368] of valour [02428], even ten [06235] thousand [0505] captives [01540], and all the craftsmen [02796] and smiths [04525]: none remained [07604], save [02108] the poorest sort [01803] of the people [05971] of the land [0776].
15 And he carried away [01540] Jehoiachin [03078] to Babylon [0894], and the king's [04428] mother [0517], and the king's [04428] wives [0802], and his officers [05631], and the mighty [0352] [0193] of the land [0776], those carried [03212] he into captivity [01473] from Jerusalem [03389] to Babylon [0894].
16 And all the men [0582] of might [02428], even seven [07651] thousand [0505], and craftsmen [02796] and smiths [04525] a thousand [0505], all that were strong [01368] and apt [06213] for war [04421], even them the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] brought [0935] captive [01473] to Babylon [0894].
8 Jehoiachin [03078] was eighteen [08083] [06240] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] in Jerusalem [03389] three [07969] months [02320]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Nehushta [05179], the daughter [01323] of Elnathan [0494] of Jerusalem [03389].
2 And it shall come to pass in the last [0319] days [03117], that the mountain [02022] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004] shall be established [03559] in the top [07218] of the mountains [02022], and shall be exalted [05375] above the hills [01389]; and all nations [01471] shall flow [05102] unto it.
31 But they that wait [06960] upon the LORD [03068] shall renew [02498] their strength [03581]; they shall mount up [05927] with wings [083] as eagles [05404]; they shall run [07323], and not be weary [03021]; and they shall walk [03212], and not faint [03286].
5 Who satisfieth [07646] thy mouth [05716] with good [02896] things; so that thy youth [05271] is renewed [02318] like the eagle's [05404].
22 Behold, he shall come up [05927] and fly [01675] as the eagle [05404], and spread [06566] his wings [03671] over Bozrah [01224]: and at that day [03117] shall the heart [03820] of the mighty men [01368] of Edom [0123] be as the heart [03820] of a woman [0802] in her pangs [06887].
40 For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Behold, he shall fly [01675] as an eagle [05404], and shall spread [06566] his wings [03671] over Moab [04124].
40 For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Behold, he shall fly [01675] as an eagle [05404], and shall spread [06566] his wings [03671] over Moab [04124].
12 As concerning the rest [07606] of the beasts [02423], they had their dominion [07985] taken away [05709]: yet their lives [02417] were prolonged [03052] for [05705] a season [02166] and time [05732].
4 The first [06933] was like a lion [0744], and had eagle's [05403] wings [01611]: I beheld [01934] [02370] till [05705] the wings [01611] thereof were plucked [04804], and it was lifted up [05191] from [04481] the earth [0772], and made stand [06966] upon [05922] the feet [07271] as a man [0606], and a man's [0606] heart [03825] was given [03052] to it.
22 Behold, he shall come up [05927] and fly [01675] as the eagle [05404], and spread [06566] his wings [03671] over Bozrah [01224]: and at that day [03117] shall the heart [03820] of the mighty men [01368] of Edom [0123] be as the heart [03820] of a woman [0802] in her pangs [06887].
40 For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Behold, he shall fly [01675] as an eagle [05404], and shall spread [06566] his wings [03671] over Moab [04124].