3 (NIV) Say to them, ÔThis
is what the Sovereign LORD says: A great eagle with
powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied
colors came to Lebanon. Taking hold of the top of
a cedar, 4 he broke off its topmost shoot and carried
it away to a land of merchants, where he
planted it in a city of traders. 5 He took some of the seed of
your land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a
willow by abundant water, 6 and it sprouted and became a
low, spreading vine. Its branches turned toward
him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a
vine and produced branches and put out leafy boughsÉÕ