Ezekiel 17:2

The Eagles and the Vine

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 “Son of man, pose a riddle, and speak a ^aparable to the house of Israel,

3 and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
^a“A great eagle with large wings and long pinions,
Full of feathers of various colors,
Came to Lebanon
And ^btook from the cedar the highest branch.

4 He cropped off its topmost young twig
And carried it to a land of trade;
He set it in a city of merchants.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Ezekiel 17:2

Son of man, put forth a riddle - Riddle, Anglo-Saxon, from to divine; a thing that must be curiously investigated and sifted, to find out the meaning; and hence, riddle, a sort of coarse sieve to clean corn, to separate coarse chaff and straws from the pure grain. An instrument formerly used for divination. This is not far removed from the Hebrew chidah , from chad , to penetrate; not that which penetrates the mind, but which we must penetrate to find out the sense.

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