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Ezekiel 17:3

and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.

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ASV

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:

KJV

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:

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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאָמַרְתָּ֞ve.'a.mar.Taand you will sayH559 →
כֹּה־koh-thusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר׀'a.Marhe saysH559 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3069 →
הַנֶּ֤שֶׁרha.Ne.sherthe eagleH5404 →
הַגָּדוֹל֙ha.ga.dOl<the> greatH1419 →
גְּד֤וֹלge.Dol<the> great ofH1419 →
הַכְּנָפַ֙יִם֙ha.ke.na.Fa.yim<the> wingsH3671 →
אֶ֣רֶךְ'E.rekh<the> long ofH750 →
הָאֵ֔בֶרha.'E.ver<the> pinionH83 →
מָלֵא֙ma.Le'fullH4392 →
הַנּוֹצָ֔הha.no.Tzah<the> plumageH5133 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
ל֖וֹlo[belonged] to it
הָֽרִקְמָ֑הha.rik.Mah<the> variegated plumageH7553 →
בָּ֚אba'it cameH935 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַלְּבָנ֔וֹןha.le.va.Non<the> LebanonH3844 →
וַיִּקַּ֖חvai.yi.Kachand it tookH3947 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
צַמֶּ֥רֶתtza.Me.ret[the] treetop ofH6788 →
הָאָֽרֶז׃ha.'A.rezthe cedarH730 →

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Hosea 8:1Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.Jeremiah 48:40For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.Ezekiel 17:7But there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from its planting bed, so that he might water it.Daniel 4:22you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.Ezekiel 17:12“Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.Habakkuk 1:8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.Jeremiah 4:13Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!Daniel 7:4The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and given the mind of a man.2 Chronicles 36:9–10Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.Jeremiah 24:1After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.Jeremiah 49:16The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.Matthew 24:28Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.Deuteronomy 28:49The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,Daniel 2:38Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.Jeremiah 22:23–28O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”Ezekiel 17:12–21“Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.2 Kings 24:10–16At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.Lamentations 4:19Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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