Ezekiel 17:3-5

New Catholic Bible

A great eagle with large wings and long pinions,
    rich with multi-colored plumage,
    came to Lebanon.
He took the top of the cedar tree,
⁴     and plucked off its topmost shoot.
He carried it off to a land of tradesmen
    and planted it in a city filled with merchants.
⁵ Then he took some of the seed of the land
    and placed it in fertile soil.
Close to a source of abundant water
    he set it like a willow tree.