Ezekiel 17:3–4
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17:3Say to them: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:2
“ ‘A great eagle3 with broad wings, long feathers,4
with full plumage which was multi-hued,5
came to Lebanon6 and took the top of the cedar.
17:4He plucked off its topmost shoot;
he brought it to a land of merchants
and planted it in a city of traders.
Footnotes
- 2 The parable assumes the defection of Zedekiah to Egypt and his rejection of Babylonian lordship.
- 3 The great eagle symbolizes Nebuchadnezzar (17:12).
- 4 Hebrew has two words for wings; it is unknown whether they are fully synonymous or whether one term distinguishes a particular part of the wing such as the wing coverts (nearest the shoulder), secondaries (mid-feathers of the wing) or primaries (last and longest section of the wing).
- 5 This term was used in 16:10, 13, and 18 of embroidered cloth.
- 6 In the parable Lebanon apparently refers to Jerusalem (17:12).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
say, Thus says the Lord God: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, rich in plumage of many colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar. He broke off the topmost of its young twigs and carried it to a land of trade and set it in a city of merchants.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: A great eagle with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon. Taking hold of the top of a cedar, he broke off its topmost shoot and carried it away to a land of merchants, where he planted it in a city of traders.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
You are to say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: A huge eagle with powerful wings, long feathers, and full plumage of many colors came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar. He plucked off its topmost shoot, brought it to the land of merchants, and set it in a city of traders.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord:
“A great eagle with broad wings and long feathers,
covered with many-colored plumage,
came to Lebanon.
He seized the top of a cedar tree
and plucked off its highest branch.
He carried it away to a city filled with merchants.
He planted it in a city of traders.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
and you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “The great eagle with great wings and long feathers and full of variegated plumage came to Lebanon and he took the treetop of the cedar. He plucked the top of its new plant shoot, and he brought it to the land of Canaan and put it in a city of merchants,
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KJV 1900King James Version
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: He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
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