Ezekiel 17:4-6

The Voice

⁴ carried its top growth away to a land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders. ⁵ Then the great eagle took some of the seed of the land and planted it in lush, fertile soil beside abundant waters so it could grow like a willow. ⁶ The seed sprouted in the soil and became a flourishing vine, growing low to the ground. The vine’s branches grew toward the great eagle, and the roots remained beneath it. The vine produced many sprouts and branches.