CLV(i)
2 `Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use a simile unto the house of Israel,
3 and you have said:Thus said the Lord Yahweh:The great eagle, great-winged, long-pinioned, Full of feathers, that has diverse colors, Has come in unto Lebanon, And it takes the foliage of the cedar,
4 The top of its tender twigs it has cropped, And it brings it in to the land of Canaan. In a city of merchants it has placed it."
5 And it takes of the seed of the land, And does put it in a field of seed, To take by many waters, In a conspicuous place it has set it."
6 And it springs up, and becomes a spreading vine, humble of stature, To turn its thin shoots toward itself, And its roots are under it, And it becomes a vine, and makes boughs, And sends forth beauteous branches."
7 And there is another great eagle, Great-winged, and abounding with feathers, And lo, this vine has bent its roots toward him, And its thin shoots it has sent out toward him, To water it from the furrows of its planting,
8 On a good field, by many waters, it is planted, To make branches, and to bear fruit, To be for an goodly vine."
9 Say:Thus said the Lord Yahweh:It prospers--its roots does he not draw out, And its fruit cut off, and it is withered? [In] all the leaves of its springing it withers, And not by great strength, and by a numerous people, To lift it up by its roots."
10 And lo, the planted thing--does it prosper? When come against it does the east wind, Does it not utterly wither? On the furrows of its springing it withers.'"