Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 17:7

"There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it." — Ezekiel 17:7 (ASV)

Another great eagle. —This is explained in Ezekiel 17:15 as Pharaoh. He was also powerful, ruling a populous land, but is not described with the variegated feathers of Ezekiel 17:3, because he did not rule over the same diversity of people as Nebuchadnezzar.

Zedekiah, while owing his position to Nebuchadnezzar, treacherously sought the aid of Egypt, as mentioned in Ezekiel 17:15, and more fully in the historical passages referred to in the note at the beginning of this chapter. A chief task of the prophet Jeremiah was to endeavor to dissuade Zedekiah from this Egyptian alliance.