Ezekiel 17:4-6

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁴     broke off its topmost shoot;
he carried it to a land of trade,
    set it in a city of merchants.
⁵ Then he took a seed from the land,
    placed it in fertile soil;
a plant^[a] by abundant waters,
    he set it like a willow twig.
⁶ It sprouted and became a vine
    spreading out, but low;
its branches turned toward him,
    its roots remained where it stood.
So it became a vine;
    it brought forth branches,
    put forth foliage.