 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel ; 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 Architecture of Birds - Page 48by James Rennie - 1833 - 392 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...for thyself, because of the shame of thy former vileness. XVII. 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD ; A great eagle with great wings, long-winged, full of feathers, which had drcers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: Nebuchadnezzar, the king... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel ; 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 : 4 He cropped off the top of his young... | |
 | James Hatley Frere - Bible - 1826 - 576 pages
...Empire ; amongst others is that of Ezekiel, chap. xvii. ver. 3, where the King of Babylon is described as a " great eagle, with great wings, long-winged, " full of feathers, which had divers colours ;" the wide extended and splendid Wings in this description, representing the extent and splendour... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel ; 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 : 4 He cropped off the top of his young... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...shall not divide it asunder. Lev. i. 171 1 Fowls came down, &c.] And say, thus • liili the Lord God, A great eagle with great wings, long-winged, full of feathers which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar. There was also another great eagle, with... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - Bible - 1832 - 472 pages
...forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel ; 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD ; A great eagle with great wings, long-winged, full of feathers, which had diverse colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: 4 He cropped off the top... | |
 | James Rennie - Birds - 1833 - 410 pages
...Scripture *. Referring, for example, to the king of Babylon, Hosea says, " he shall come as an eaglef;" and Ezekiel describes Nebuchadnezzar as " a great...ancient mythologies as the bird of Jove, a notion which Lucian . with his usual satire ridicules without mercy, making Momus tell Jupiter he may think himself... | |
 | James Rennie - Birds - 1833 - 406 pages
...eagle is so frequently * Josephus, De Bello Jiulico, iii. 5. f Ornithologia, i. 10, HABITS OF BIRDS. alluded to in the prophetical books of Scripture *....as " another great eagle, with great wings and many feathersJ." It was, no doubt, on the same account that the eagle was assigned in the ancient mythologies... | |
 | William Carpenter - Nature in the Bible - 1833 - 420 pages
...the lofty cedar as the place of his residence ; a circumstance not overlooked in the sacred volume : 'A great eagle with great wings, long-winged, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar,' Ezekiel xvii. 3. The eagle, it... | |
 | Bible - 1838 - 900 pages
...forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel ; 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD ; tion ? 21 They say unto him. Caesar's. Then saith he unto came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar : 4 He cropped off the top of his young... | |
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