Ezekiel 17:3

¹  And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

²  Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

³  And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

⁴  He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

⁵  He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.