Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 17:3

3 And say, Thus saith 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:

Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon, as ver. 12. compared to a great Eagle, King of Birds, swift, strong, rapacious, and of a lofty flight.

Mighty Provinces on each side of his Kingdom.

His Kingdom was vastly extended, as Dan. 3.3. and 4.1. the greatest King then living.

His Kingdom was very full of People.

Were of divers Nations, Languages and Manners, so that this Eagle may be well thought to be that sort, which is greatest in the kind, and best resembleth him, who was the greatest Monarch in the World at that time.

Invaded with a mighty army; he came not as a Traveller to please his curiosity, but as an invader to enlarge his dominion.

Either the Temple built with Cedars of Lebanon, or Ierusalem the chief City of the Countrey where this great, fruitful and pleasant Hill was, or the whole Countrey set forth by its chiefest Hill, which runs about 125 miles in length, and encloseth the Land of Iudea on the North side.

Took captive and carried away with him.

The King of Iudah, Iehojachin.

Either the royal Family, or rather, the whole nation of the Jews.

Marginal references: Heb. rendering.