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And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,

Son of man, put forth a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.

And say, So says the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle came to Lebanon, one with great wings, long of pinion, full of feathers, having different colors to him. And he took the top of the cedar.

He plucked off the first of its young twigs and brought it into a land of traders. He set it in a city of merchants.

He also took of the seed of the land and planted it in a field of seed. He took it by great waters; he set it as a willow.

And it sprouted and became a spreading low vine, and it turned its branches to face toward him, and its roots were under him. So it became a vine and made branches, and sent out boughs.

Also there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And, behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and sent out its branches to him, to water it, away from the beds of its planting.

It was planted in a good field by great waters to make branches and to bear fruit, to be a splendid vine.

Say, So says the Lord Jehovah: Shall it prosper? Shall he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit and wither it? All the leaves of its sprouting shall wither, and not with great arm, nor by many people shall any raise it by itsroots.

And behold, being planted, shall it prosper? Shall it not utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It shall wither in the beds where it sprouted.