Ezekiel 17:1-10

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 traffic exactly answers to Babylon. The other great eagle perhaps might mean the King of Egypt. And by the vine, which is intended for Israel, whom the Lord originally planted a choice vine, Jeremiah 2:21 is shown how Israel was looking to Egypt for help when under tribute to Babylon. But the Lord's sentence upon Israel was not to be altered. Ruin as a nation had been determined from the Lord.