Ezekiel 17:3
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:
KJV
et dices : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Aquila grandis magnarum alarum, longo membrorum ductu, plena plumis et varietate, venit ad Libanum, et tulit medullam cedri.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐρεῖς Τάδε λέγει Κύριος Ἀετὸς ὁ μέγας ὁ μεγαλοπτέρυγος, ὁ μακρὸς τῇ ἐκτάσει, πλήρης ὀνύχων, ὃς ἔχει τὸ ἥγημα εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὸν Λίβανον, καὶ ἔλαβε τὰ ἐπίλεκτα τῆς κέδρου,
LXX
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:
ASV
וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֞ כֹּה אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִ֗ה הַ/נֶּ֤שֶׁר הַ/גָּדוֹל֙ גְּד֤וֹל הַ/כְּנָפַ֨יִם֙ אֶ֣רֶךְ הָ/אֵ֔בֶר מָלֵא֙ הַ/נּוֹצָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר ל֖/וֹ הָֽ/רִקְמָ֑ה בָּ֚א אֶל הַ/לְּבָנ֔וֹן וַ/יִּקַּ֖ח אֶת צַמֶּ֥רֶת הָ/אָֽרֶז
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20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Dan 4:22 — It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
- Dan 7:4 — The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given
- Deut 28:49 — The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
- Ezek 17:7 — 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
- Ezek 17:12 — Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them
- Ezek 31:3 — Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
- Hab 1:8 — Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the
- Hos 8:1 — Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
- Jer 48:40 — For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
- Jer 48:40 — For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.