⁵and he took from the seed of the land and placed it in fertile soil^e on^f many waters; like a willow he planted it. ⁶And it sprouted, and it became a vine spreading out,^g low of height, turning its branches to him, and its roots were under it, and it became a vine,^h and it madeⁱ branches, and it sent out foliage.

⁷“ ‘ “And there was another great eagle, great of wings and with abundant plumage, and look! This vine stretched out its roots toward him and extended its branches to him to water it from the garden bed where it was planted.^j ⁸It was planted in^k a good field by^l many waters^m to produce branchesⁿ and to bear fruit to become^o a beautiful vine.” ’^p ⁹Say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Will it prosper? Will he not tear out its roots, and will he not make its fruit scaly, and it will wither, and all of the freshness of its vegetation will dry up? And to lift it from its roots will not require great strength or many people.^q ¹⁰And look! Though it is planted, will it prosper? When the east wind strikes it,^r will it not dry up completely? On the garden bed of its vegetation it will dry up!” ’ ”

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Footnotes

eLiterally “a field of seed”
fOr “by”
gLiterally “he was to vine spreading out”
hLiterally “and it was to a vine”
iOr “sprouted”
jLiterally “from the garden bed of its planting”
kOr “to”
lOr “to”
mHebrew “water”
nHebrew “branch”
oHebrew “be”
pLiterally “to a vine of splendor”
qLiterally “not with strong arm and with many people”
rLiterally “at striking her/it the wind of the east”