NASB
""He plucked off the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders."
— Ezekiel 17:4, NASB
“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 thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; 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.”
Now the word of the LORD came to me saying,
"Son of man, propound a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel,
saying, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "A great eagle with great wings, long pinions and a full plumage of many colors came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
"He plucked off the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders.
"He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil. He placed it beside abundant waters; he set it like a willow.
"Then it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine with its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and yielded shoots and sent out branches.
"But there was another great eagle with great wings and much plumage; and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him and sent out its branches toward him from the beds where it was planted, that he might water it.