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Verse Ezekiel 17:7. _ANOTHER GREAT EAGLE_] Pharaoh-hophra, or Apries,
king of Egypt.
_WITH GREAT WINGS_] Extensive dominion.
_AND MANY FEATHERS_] Numerous subjects.
_DID BEND HER ROOTS_] Looked to...
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ANOTHER GREAT EAGLE - This is the king of Egypt, mighty indeed but not
like the first.
BY THE FURROWS OF HER PLANTATION - From the beds, where it was planted
to bring forth fruit for another, it shot...
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Ezekiel 17:1. The great eagle mentioned first is Nebuchadnezzar. (See
Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:22). He came to Lebanon and took the
highest branch of the cedar, the symbol of the house of David, wh...
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EZEKIEL 17. THE PERFIDIOUS KING. Jerusalem, as we have seen, is to be
punished for her guilty past and her perfidious people (Ezekiel
17:16), but no less for her guilty present and her perfidious king...
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ANOTHER GREAT EAGLE. Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt.
BEND HER ROOTS: i.e. looked for succour to Egypt. Compare verses:
Ezekiel 17:5; Ezekiel 17:8
WATER IT. From the Nile....
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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...
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The other great eagle, which however is not described with such
imposing epithets as the former, is the king of Egypt. The vine bent
its roots toward him sought to draw nourishment from him.
_by the f...
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THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER GREAT EAGLE— That is, Pharaoh Apries, king of
Egypt, a great and powerful prince, though less so than the king of
Babylon. Zedekiah made an alliance with him, whereupon an army...
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IV. THE KING: A LOWLY VINE 17:1-21
In chapter 17 Ezekiel turns his attention to King Zedekiah back in
Jerusalem. This vassal king had committed an act of treachery against
Nebuchadnezzar by breaking h...
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There was also another great eagle with great wings and many
feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and
shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the
furr...
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ZEDEKIAH'S PERFIDY AND ITS PUNISHMENT
Zedekiah had been placed on the throne of Judah as a vassal of
Babylon, but was led by his nobles to intrigue with Egypt and to throw
off the Babylonian yoke. The...
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 17
* This chapter contains a puzzle and its meaning. Two po...
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ANOTHER GREAT EAGLE. — This is explained in Ezekiel 17:15 of
Pharaoh. He was also powerful, ruling a populous land, but is not
described as with the variegated feathers of Ezekiel 17:3, because he
did...
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וַ יְהִ֤י נֶֽשֶׁר ־אֶחָד֙ גָּדֹ֔ול
גְּדֹ֥ול כ
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THE END OF THE MONARCHY
Ezekiel 12:1; Ezekiel 17:1; Ezekiel 19:1
IN spite of the interest excited by Ezekiel's prophetic appearances,
the exiles still received his prediction of the fall of Jerusalem...
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Commanded by Jehovah, the prophet then put forth a riddle. A great
eagle came on Lebanon, and took off the top of the cedar, planting the
young twigs in a land of traffic, a city of merchants. Moreove...
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_Eagle. The king of Egypt, (Challoner) Vaphres, who came at the
request of Sedecias, to oppose the Chaldeans, but was routed; and they
returned to the siege of Jerusalem, Jeremias xxxvii. 4. ---
Plant...
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Perhaps this great eagle represents Nebuchadnezzar, who carried
Jeconiah, when quite a youth, and, like a tender twig, unable to
resist any bird of prey, into Babylon. 2 Kings 24:8. The land of
traffi...
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He now detects, under a figure, the perfidy of Zedekiah, since he very
soon applied himself to the king of Egypt, and bent his roots and
branches towards him, that they might be irrigated. I do not di...
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Chapter 17 present the judgment of Zedekiah for despising the oath
that Nebuchadnezzar made him take in the name of Jehovah. Israel not
having been able to stand in integrity before God, Jehovah had
c...
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THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER GREAT EAGLE,.... Hophra king of Egypt, a very
powerful prince, whom Herodotus u calls Apries; and says he was the
most happy and fortunate, after Psammitichus, of all the kings...
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There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers:
and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth
her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furro...
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_There was also another great eagle_ Namely, Pharaoh, king of Egypt,
with whom Zedekiah made an alliance; whereupon that king sent an army
to raise the siege of Jerusalem, 2 Chronicles 36:13; Jeremiah...
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THE RIDDLE ITSELF...
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There was also another great eagle with great wings, namely, the king
of Egypt, AND MANY FEATHERS, with 'a large population and a mighty
army; AND, BEHOLD, THIS VINE, although tributary to Babylon, DI...
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1-10 Mighty conquerors are aptly likened to birds or beasts of prey,
but their destructive passions are overruled to forward God's designs.
Those who depart from God, only vary their crimes by changin...
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This is the second part of the parable. ANOTHER GREAT EAGLE, i.e. the
king of Egypt, whether Apries, or Hophra, or what other was his name
we need not curiously inquire, it was king of Egypt, EZEKIEL...
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Ezekiel 17:7 another H259 great H1419 eagle H5404 large H1419 wings
H3671 many H7227 feathers H5133 vine H1612 bent...
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“There was also another great eagle with great wings and many
feathers, and behold this vine bent its roots towards him, and shot
forth its branches towards him from the beds of its plantation, that
h...
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CONTENTS: Parable of the great eagle. Rebellion of Zedekiah and its
results.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Zedekiah, Pharaoh.
CONCLUSION: He who breaks covenant with God, and tramples the
directions of...
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Ezekiel 17:2. _Put forth a riddle._ A parable, or ingenious allegory,
that the acumen of the composition may attract attention from the
rulers of Judah. This parable is likewise ingeniously explained...
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_Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of
Israel._
PROPHECY IN PARABLE
The word “riddle” may in this connection mean parable, picture,
symbol; whatever will excite and in...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 17:1 If ch. Ezekiel 16:1 can be said to
express a theological point of view, ch. Ezekiel 17:1
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 17:7 The second EAGLE lacks the magnificence
of the first, while still remaining “great.”
⇐...
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THE HUMILIATION AND EXALTATION OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID (Chap 17)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The word of prophecy in this chapter is introduced
in the way of a riddle and a parable (Ezekiel 17:2). The parable
its...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 17:2
PUT FORTH A RIDDLE, etc. Again there is an interval of silence, till
another theme is suggested to the prophet's mind and worked out
elaborately. This he describes as a "riddl...
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CHAPTER 17.
THE PARABLE OF THE TWO GREAT EAGLES, AND THE CROPPING OF THE CEDAR OF
LEBANON.
Ezekiel 17:1. _And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,_
Ezekiel 17:2. _Son of man, put forth a riddle,...
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Now in chapter 17 he speaks a parable of a great eagle. And this is
where some of these harebrained people begin to spiritualize and try
to read the United States into prophecy. Because there is an ea...
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2 Chronicles 26:13; 2 Kings 24:20; Ezekiel 17:15; Jeremiah 37:5...
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Another — The king of Egypt. This vine — Zedekiah, his nobles and
people. Did bend — Sought his friendship. Shot forth — Sent
ambassadors, and trusted to the power of Egypt. Water it — That they
might...