Ezekiel 17:7 - Exposition

The other great eagle is, of course, Egypt, then under Apries, or Pharaoh-Hophra ( Jeremiah 44:30 ). We note the absence of the "long pinions" and the "many colours" of the first eagle. Egypt was not so strong, nor did her sway extend over so great a variety of nations as Babylon. To that eagle the vine bent its roots, i . e ; as in Ezekiel 17:15 , Zedekiah courted the alliance of Pharaoh, and trusted in his chariots, lie was to water the vine, which so turned to him from the beds of her plantation (Revised Version).