Ezekiel 17:4 CPDV

²  'Son of man, propose an enigma and describe a parable to the house of Israel,

³  and you shall say: Thus says the Lord God: A large eagle, with great wings and elongated pinions, full of feathers with many colors, came to Lebanon. And he took the kernel of the cedar.

⁴  He tore off the summit of its branches, and he transported it to the land of Canaan; he placed it in a city of merchants.

⁵  And he took from the seed of the land and placed it in the ground for seed, so that it might take firm root above many waters; he placed it at the surface.

⁶  And when it had germinated, it increased into a more extensive vine, low in height, with its branches facing toward itself. And its roots were underneath it. And so, it became a vine, and sprouted branches, and produced shoots.