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Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine

17 And the word of Yahweh came[a] to me, saying,[b] “Son of man,[c] tell a riddle and quote a proverb to the house of Israel, and you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “The great eagle with great wings and long feathers[d] and full of variegated plumage[e] came to Lebanon and he took the treetop of the cedar.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 17:1 Literally “was”
  2. Ezekiel 17:1 Literally “to say”
  3. Ezekiel 17:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  4. Ezekiel 17:3 Literally “the eagle the great great of the wings long of the feather”
  5. Ezekiel 17:3 Literally “full of the plumage which is for him the variegated”

Two Eagles and a Vine

17 The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell it to the Israelites as a parable.(A) Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: A great eagle(B) with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon.(C) Taking hold of the top of a cedar,

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