Ezekiel 17:2-4

Complete Jewish Bible

² “Human being, propound this riddle, tell the house of Isra’el this allegory, ³ say that Adonai Elohim says this: ‘A big eagle having great wings and long pinions full of varicolored feathers came to the L’vanon and took over the top of the cedar. ⁴ He cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, carried them to a land of traders and set them down in a city of merchants.