A great eagle — Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is compared to a great eagle, the king of birds, swift, strong, rapacious. Great wings — Mighty provinces on each side of his kingdom. Long winged — His kingdom was widely extended. Full of feathers — And full of people. Divers colours — Who were of divert nations, languages and manners. Lebanon — Jerusalem the chief city of the country where this great, fruitful and pleasant hill was. And took — Took, captive and carried away with him the king of Judah, Jehoiachin. The cedar — The nation.
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Ezekiel 17:3
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: