*And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, aput forth a riddle, and bspeak a parable unto the house of Israel; 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; cA great eagle dwith great wings, dlongwinged, full of dfeathers, which had †divers colours, ecame unto Lebanon, and ftook gthe highest branch of the cedar: 4 fHe cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of htraffick; he set it in a city of merchants. 5 iHe took also of the seed of the land, and †planted it jin a fruitful field; he placed it kby great waters, and set it kas a willow tree. 6 And it grew, and became kka spreading vine lof low stature, mwhose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth nbranches, and shot forth osprigs. 7 There was also panother great eagle dwith great wings and many dfeathers: and, behold, pthis vine mdid bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by qthe furrows of her plantation. 8 It was planted in a good †soil by great waters, qqthat it might bring forth branches, and qqthat it might bear fruit, qqthat it might be a goodly vine. 9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. 10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? rshall it not utterly wither, when sthe east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in qthe furrows where it grew.