The King James Version Bible

Ezekiel 17:1-6

  1. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  2. Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

  3. And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

  4. He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

  5. He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

  6. And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.