Bible verse
He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.
Ezekiel 17:4 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ezekiel 17.
1 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel
3 and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
4 He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.
5 He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.
6 It sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in height, with branches turned toward him; yet its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and yielded branches and sent out shoots.
7 But there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from its planting bed, so that he might water it.
8 It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’
KJV
He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
ASV
he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
ERV
he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
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