Ezekiel 17:5-7

Lexham English Bible

⁵ and he took from the seed of the land and placed it in fertile soil^[a] on^[b] many waters; like a willow he planted it. ⁶ And it sprouted, and it became a vine spreading out,^[c] low of height, turning its branches to him, and its roots were under it, and it became a vine,^[d] and it made^[e] branches, and it sent out foliage.

⁷ “‘“And there was another great eagle, great of wings and with abundant plumage, and look! This vine stretched out its roots toward him and extended its branches to him to water it from the garden bed where it was planted.^[f]