American Standard Version
"he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants. "
— Ezekiel 17:4, American Standard Version
“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.”
“he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried it to a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.”
“He plucked off its topmost shoot; he brought it to a land of merchants and planted it in a city of traders.”
“He cropped off the top of the twigs thereof: and carried it away into the land of Chanaan, and he set it in a city of merchants.”
“Biting off the highest of its young branches, he took it to the land of Canaan, and put it in a town of traders.”
“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.”
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:
he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow-tree.
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.
There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.