Ezekiel
Chapters 17:1-5
Revised Version 1885
1And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
3and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:
4he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
5He 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.