Ezekiel 17:3-5

New American Standard Bible

^3 [a]saying, ‘This is what the Lord ^[b]God says: “A great ^[c](A)eagle with ^(B)great wings, long pinions, and a full plumage of many colors came to ^[d](C)Lebanon and took away the top of the ^[e]cedar. ⁴ He broke off the ^[f]topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a ^[g]city of traders. ⁵ He also took ^[h]from the seed of the land and planted ^[i]it in ^[j](D)fertile soil, a ^[k]meadow beside abundant waters; he set it like a ^(E)willow.