17:7 “‘There was another great eagle 1
with broad wings and thick plumage.
Now this vine twisted its roots toward him
and sent its branches toward him
to be watered from the soil where it was planted.
19:12 But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground.
The east wind 2 dried up its fruit;
its strong branches broke off and withered –
a fire consumed them.
31:6 All the birds of the sky nested in its boughs;
under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth,
in its shade all the great 3 nations lived.
31:8 The cedars in the garden of God could not eclipse it,
nor could the fir trees 4 match its boughs;
the plane trees were as nothing compared to its branches;
no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty.
1 sn The phrase another great eagle refers to Pharaoh Hophra.
2 sn The east wind symbolizes the Babylonians.
3 tn Or “many.”
4 tn Or “cypress trees” (cf. NASB, NLT); NIV “pine trees.”