3 and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
Ezekiel 17:3
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Ezekiel 17:21–23
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Ezekiel 31:2–4
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Ezekiel 17:6–8
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Isaiah 2:12–14
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2 Esdras 11:4–6
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2 Esdras 11:36–38
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