Ezekiel 17:3-7

3Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord: “A great eagle with broad wings and long feathers, covered with many-colored plumage, came to Lebanon. He seized the top of a cedar tree

4and plucked off its highest branch. He carried it away to a city filled with merchants. He planted it in a city of traders.

5He also took a seedling from the land and planted it in fertile soil. He placed it beside a broad river, where it could grow like a willow tree.

6It took root there and grew into a low, spreading vine. Its branches turned up toward the eagle, and its roots grew down into the ground. It produced strong branches and put out shoots.

7But then another great eagle came with broad wings and full plumage. So the vine now sent its roots and branches toward him for water,