Verse 3
And say{H559}{(H8804)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; A great{H1419} eagle{H5404} with great{H1419} wings{H3671}, longwinged{H83}{H750}, full{H4392} of feathers{H5133}, which had divers colours{H7553}, came{H935}{(H8804)} unto Lebanon{H3844}, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} the highest branch{H6788} of the cedar{H730}:
Referenced Verses
- Jer 48:40 : 40 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; Behold, he shall fly{H1675}{(H8799)} as an eagle{H5404}, and shall spread{H6566}{(H8804)} his wings{H3671} over Moab{H4124}.
- Hos 8:1 : 1 Set the trumpet{H7782} to thy mouth{H2441}. He shall come as an eagle{H5404} against the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, because they have transgressed{H5674}{(H8804)} my covenant{H1285}, and trespassed{H6586}{(H8804)} against my law{H8451}.
- Dan 4:22 : 22 It is thou{H607}, O king{H4430}, that art grown{H7236}{(H8754)} and become strong{H8631}{(H8748)}: for thy greatness{H7238} is grown{H7236}{(H8754)}, and reacheth{H4291}{(H8754)} unto heaven{H8065}, and thy dominion{H7985} to the end{H5491} of the earth{H772}.
- Ezek 17:7 : 7 There was also another{H259} great{H1419} eagle{H5404} with great{H1419} wings{H3671} and many{H7227} feathers{H5133}: and, behold, this vine{H1612} did bend{H3719}{(H8804)} her roots{H8328} toward him, and shot forth{H7971}{(H8765)} her branches{H1808} toward him, that he might water{H8248}{(H8687)} it by the furrows{H6170} of her plantation{H4302}.
- Ezek 17:12-21 : 12 Say{H559}{(H8798)} now to the rebellious{H4805} house{H1004}, Know{H3045}{(H8804)} ye not what these things mean? tell{H559}{(H8798)} them, Behold, the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} is come{H935}{(H8802)} to Jerusalem{H3389}, and hath taken{H3947}{(H8799)} the king{H4428} thereof, and the princes{H8269} thereof, and led{H935}{(H8686)} them with him to Babylon{H894}; 13 And hath taken{H3947}{(H8799)} of the king's{H4410} seed{H2233}, and made{H3772}{(H8799)} a covenant{H1285} with him, and hath taken{H935}{(H8686)} an oath{H423} of him: he hath also taken{H3947}{(H8804)} the mighty{H352} of the land{H776}: 14 That the kingdom{H4467} might be base{H8217}, that it might not lift itself up{H5375}{(H8692)}, but that by keeping{H8104}{(H8800)} of his covenant{H1285} it might stand{H5975}{(H8800)}. 15 But he rebelled{H4775}{(H8799)} against him in sending{H7971}{(H8800)} his ambassadors{H4397} into Egypt{H4714}, that they might give{H5414}{(H8800)} him horses{H5483} and much{H7227} people{H5971}. Shall he prosper{H6743}{(H8799)}? shall he escape{H4422}{(H8735)} that doeth{H6213}{(H8802)} such things? or shall he break{H6565}{(H8689)} the covenant{H1285}, and be delivered{H4422}{(H8738)}? 16 As I live{H2416}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}, surely in the place{H4725} where the king{H4428} dwelleth that made him king{H4427}{(H8688)}, whose oath{H423} he despised{H959}{(H8804)}, and whose covenant{H1285} he brake{H6565}{(H8689)}, even with him in the midst{H8432} of Babylon{H894} he shall die{H4191}{(H8799)}. 17 Neither shall Pharaoh{H6547} with his mighty{H1419} army{H2428} and great{H7227} company{H6951} make{H6213}{(H8799)} for him in the war{H4421}, by casting up{H8210}{(H8800)} mounts{H5550}, and building{H1129}{(H8800)} forts{H1785}, to cut off{H3772}{(H8687)} many{H7227} persons{H5315}: 18 Seeing he despised{H959}{(H8804)} the oath{H423} by breaking{H6565}{(H8687)} the covenant{H1285}, when, lo, he had given{H5414}{(H8804)} his hand{H3027}, and hath done{H6213}{(H8804)} all these things, he shall not escape{H4422}{(H8735)}. 19 Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; As I live{H2416}, surely mine oath{H423} that he hath despised{H959}{(H8804)}, and my covenant{H1285} that he hath broken{H6331}{(H8689)}, even it will I recompense{H5414}{(H8804)} upon his own head{H7218}. 20 And I will spread{H6566}{(H8804)} my net{H7568} upon him, and he shall be taken{H8610}{(H8738)} in my snare{H4686}, and I will bring{H935}{(H8689)} him to Babylon{H894}, and will plead{H8199}{(H8738)} with him there for his trespass{H4603}{(H8804)} that he hath trespassed{H4604} against me. 21 And all his fugitives{H4015} with all his bands{H102} shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} by the sword{H2719}, and they that remain{H7604}{(H8737)} shall be scattered{H6566}{(H8735)} toward all winds{H7307}: and ye shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I the LORD{H3068} have spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} it.
- Dan 2:38 : 38 And wheresoever{H3606} the children{H1123} of men{H606} dwell{H1753}{(H8748)}, the beasts{H2423} of the field{H1251} and the fowls{H5776} of the heaven{H8065} hath he given{H3052}{(H8754)} into thine hand{H3028}, and hath made thee ruler{H7981}{(H8684)} over them all{H3606}. Thou{H607} art this head{H7217} of gold{H1722}.
- Jer 49:16 : 16 Thy terribleness{H8606} hath deceived{H5377}{(H8689)} thee, and the pride{H2087} of thine heart{H3820}, O thou that dwellest{H7931}{(H8802)} in the clefts{H2288} of the rock{H5553}, that holdest{H8610}{(H8802)} the height{H4791} of the hill{H1389}: though thou shouldest make thy nest{H7064} as high{H1361}{(H8686)} as the eagle{H5404}, I will bring thee down{H3381}{(H8686)} from thence, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
- Lam 4:19 : 19 Our persecutors{H7291}{(H8802)} are swifter{H7031} than the eagles{H5404} of the heaven{H8064}: they pursued{H1814}{(H8804)} us upon the mountains{H2022}, they laid wait{H693}{(H8804)} for us in the wilderness{H4057}.
- Deut 28:49 : 49 The LORD{H3068} shall bring{H5375}{(H8799)} a nation{H1471} against thee from far{H7350}, from the end{H7097} of the earth{H776}, as swift as the eagle{H5404} flieth{H1675}{(H8799)}; a nation{H1471} whose tongue{H3956} thou shalt not understand{H8085}{(H8799)};
- 2 Kgs 24:10-16 : 10 At that time{H6256} the servants{H5650} of Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} came up{H5927}{(H8804)} against Jerusalem{H3389}, and the city{H5892} was besieged{H935}{(H8799)}{H4692}. 11 And Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} came{H935}{(H8799)} against the city{H5892}, and his servants{H5650} did besiege{H6696}{(H8802)} it. 12 And Jehoiachin{H3078} the king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} went out{H3318}{(H8799)} to the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, he, and his mother{H517}, and his servants{H5650}, and his princes{H8269}, and his officers{H5631}: and the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} took{H3947}{(H8799)} him in the eighth{H8083} year{H8141} of his reign{H4427}{(H8800)}. 13 And he carried out{H3318}{(H8686)} thence all the treasures{H214} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and the treasures{H214} of the king's{H4428} house{H1004}, and cut in pieces{H7112}{(H8762)} all the vessels{H3627} of gold{H2091} which Solomon{H8010} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} had made{H6213}{(H8804)} in the temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068}, as the LORD{H3068} had said{H1696}{(H8765)}. 14 And he carried away{H1540}{(H8689)} all Jerusalem{H3389}, and all the princes{H8269}, and all the mighty men{H1368} of valour{H2428}, even ten{H6235} thousand{H505} captives{H1540}{(H8802)}, and all the craftsmen{H2796} and smiths{H4525}: none remained{H7604}{(H8738)}, save{H2108} the poorest sort{H1803} of the people{H5971} of the land{H776}. 15 And he carried away{H1540}{(H8686)} Jehoiachin{H3078} to Babylon{H894}, and the king's{H4428} mother{H517}, and the king's{H4428} wives{H802}, and his officers{H5631}, and the mighty{H352}{(H8675)}{H193} of the land{H776}, those carried{H3212}{(H8689)} he into captivity{H1473} from Jerusalem{H3389} to Babylon{H894}. 16 And all the men{H582} of might{H2428}, even seven{H7651} thousand{H505}, and craftsmen{H2796} and smiths{H4525} a thousand{H505}, all that were strong{H1368} and apt{H6213}{(H8802)} for war{H4421}, even them the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} brought{H935}{(H8686)} captive{H1473} to Babylon{H894}.
- 2 Chr 36:9-9 : 9 Jehoiachin{H3078} was eight{H8083} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, and he reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} three{H7969} months{H2320} and ten{H6235} days{H3117} in Jerusalem{H3389}: and he did{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}. 10 And when the year{H8141} was expired{H8666}, king{H4428} Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} sent{H7971}{(H8804)}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} him to Babylon{H894}, with the goodly{H2532} vessels{H3627} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and made Zedekiah{H6667} his brother{H251} king{H4427}{(H8686)} over Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}.
- Jer 4:13 : 13 Behold, he shall come up{H5927}{(H8799)} as clouds{H6051}, and his chariots{H4818} shall be as a whirlwind{H5492}: his horses{H5483} are swifter{H7043}{(H8804)} than eagles{H5404}. Woe{H188} unto us! for we are spoiled{H7703}{(H8795)}.
- Jer 22:23-28 : 23 O inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)} of Lebanon{H3844}, that makest thy nest{H7077}{(H8794)} in the cedars{H730}, how gracious{H2603}{(H8738)} shalt thou be when pangs{H2256} come{H935}{(H8800)} upon thee, the pain{H2427} as of a woman in travail{H3205}{(H8802)}! 24 As I live{H2416}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, though Coniah{H3659} the son{H1121} of Jehoiakim{H3079} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} were the signet{H2368} upon my right{H3225} hand{H3027}, yet would I pluck{H5423}{(H8799)} thee thence; 25 And I will give{H5414}{(H8804)} thee into the hand{H3027} of them that seek{H1245}{(H8764)} thy life{H5315}, and into the hand{H3027} of them whose face{H6440} thou fearest{H3016}{(H8801)}, even into the hand{H3027} of Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, and into the hand{H3027} of the Chaldeans{H3778}. 26 And I will cast thee out{H2904}{(H8689)}, and thy mother{H517} that bare{H3205}{(H8804)} thee, into another{H312} country{H776}, where ye were not born{H3205}{(H8795)}; and there shall ye die{H4191}{(H8799)}. 27 But to the land{H776} whereunto they desire{H5375}{(H8764)}{(H8676)}{H5315} to return{H7725}{(H8800)}, thither shall they not return{H7725}{(H8799)}. 28 Is this man{H376} Coniah{H3659} a despised{H959}{(H8737)} broken{H5310}{(H8803)} idol{H6089}? is he a vessel{H3627} wherein is no pleasure{H2656}? wherefore are they cast out{H7993}{(H8717)}, he and his seed{H2233}, and are cast{H2904}{(H8717)} into a land{H776} which they know{H3045}{(H8804)} not?
- Jer 24:1 : 1 The LORD{H3068} shewed{H7200}{(H8689)} me, and, behold, two{H8147} baskets{H1736} of figs{H8384} were set{H3259}{(H8716)} before{H6440} the temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068}, after{H310} that Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} had carried away captive{H1540}{(H8687)} Jeconiah{H3204} the son{H1121} of Jehoiakim{H3079} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, and the princes{H8269} of Judah{H3063}, with the carpenters{H2796} and smiths{H4525}, from Jerusalem{H3389}, and had brought{H935}{(H8686)} them to Babylon{H894}.
- Dan 7:4 : 4 The first{H6933} was like a lion{H744}, and had eagle's{H5403} wings{H1611}: I beheld{H1934}{(H8754)}{H2370}{(H8751)} till{H5705} the wings{H1611} thereof were plucked{H4804}{(H8760)}, and it was lifted up{H5191}{(H8760)} from{H4481} the earth{H772}, and made stand{H6966}{(H8717)} upon{H5922} the feet{H7271} as a man{H606}, and a man's{H606} heart{H3825} was given{H3052}{(H8753)} to it.
- Matt 24:28 : 28 For{G1063} wheresoever{G1437}{G3699} the carcase{G4430} is{G5600}{(G5753)}, there{G1563} will{G4863} the eagles{G105} be gathered together{G4863}{(G5701)}.