Ezekiel 17:2-4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

² ‘Son of man, pose a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.^{(A) 3} You are to say, “This is what the Lord God says: A huge eagle with powerful wings,^(B) long feathers, and full plumage of many colours came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.^{(C) 4} He plucked off its topmost shoot, brought it to the land of merchants, and set it in a city of traders.