Ezekiel 17:3-5

Contemporary English Version

³ so they will understand what I am saying to them:

A large eagle with strong wings and beautiful feathers once flew to Lebanon. It broke the top branch off a cedar tree, ⁴ then carried it to a nation of merchants and left it in one of their cities. ⁵ The eagle also took a seed from Israel and planted it in a fertile field with plenty of water, like a willow tree beside a stream.^[a]