Ezekiel 17:2 bbe — Son of man, give out a dark saying, and make a comparison for the children of Israel,

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

And say, This is what the Lord has said: A great eagle with great wings, full of long feathers of different colours, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

Biting off the highest of its young branches, he took it to the land of Canaan, and put it in a town of traders.

And he took some of the seed of the land, planting it in fertile earth, placing it by great waters; he put it in like a willow-tree.