2Son of man, give out a dark saying, and make a comparison for the children of Israel,
3And say, This is what the Lord has said: A great eagle with great wings, full of long feathers of different colours, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:
4Biting off the highest of its young branches, he took it to the land of Canaan, and put it in a town of traders.
5And he took some of the seed of the land, planting it in fertile earth, placing it by great waters; he put it in like a willow-tree.
6And its growth went on and it became a vine, low and widely stretching, whose branches were turned to him and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, putting out branches and young leaves.
7And there was another eagle with great wings and thick feathers: and now this vine, pushing out its roots to him, sent out its branches in his direction from the bed where it was planted, so that he might give it water.
