Ezekiel 17:3–10

³And 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: ^4fHe cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of ^htraffick; he set it in a city of merchants. ⁵ⁱHe 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. ⁶And 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. ⁷There 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. ⁸It 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. ⁹Say 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. ¹⁰Yea, 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.