Ezekiel 17:3
and tell them that this is what the Lord God says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
Note Pinions are the outer parts of a bird’s wings, including the flight feathers.
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:
Note divers…: Heb. embroidering
and say, ‘The Lord God says: “A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers which had various colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.
and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- A great
- Nebuchadnezzar, so called from his towering ambition and rapaciousness.
- Ezekiel 17:7, 12–21; Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 4:13; Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:16; Lamentations 4:19; Hosea 8:1; Matthew 24:28
- great wings
- Extensive empire, both in length and breadth.
- Daniel 2:38; Daniel 4:22; Daniel 7:4
- divers colours
- Heb. embroidering. came. Came against Judah and Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 17:12; 2 Kings 24:10–16; 2 Chronicles 36:9, 10; Jeremiah 22:23–28; Jeremiah 24:1