Ezekiel 17:4 BBE

²  Son of man, give out a dark saying, and make a comparison for the children of Israel,

³  And say, This is what the Lord has said: A great eagle with great wings, full of long feathers of different colours, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

⁴  Biting off the highest of its young branches, he took it to the land of Canaan, and put it in a town of traders.

⁵  And he took some of the seed of the land, planting it in fertile earth, placing it by great waters; he put it in like a willow-tree.

⁶  And its growth went on and it became a vine, low and widely stretching, whose branches were turned to him and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, putting out branches and young leaves.