Ezekiel 17:1-10

The riddle of the great eagle

(1) Ezekiel 17:1 introduction. The great, broadwinged, speckled eagle came to Lebanon, and broke off the top of the cedar, carrying it to the merchant-land, Babylon the captivity of Jehoiachin by Nebuchadnezzar.

(2) Ezekiel 17:5. He took also of the seed of the land and planted it beside the waters that it might be a spreading vine, and might turn its branches towards him who had planted it the elevation to the throne by Nebuchadnezzar of Zedekiah as a feudatory monarch.

(3) Ezekiel 17:7. There was another great eagle, and the vine bent its roots and sent out its branches towards him Zedekiah sought the alliance and protection of the king of Egypt.

(4) Ezekiel 17:9. Denunciation of the vine for its treachery. The east wind shall blow on it and it shall wither.