Ezekiel 17:7-9

New American Standard Bible

⁷ “But there was ^[a]another great eagle with great wings and much plumage; and behold, this vine turned its roots toward him and sent out its branches toward him from the beds where it was ^(A)planted, so that he might water it. ⁸ It was planted in good ^[b]soil beside abundant waters, so that it would produce branches and bear fruit, and become a splendid vine.”’ ⁹ Say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, so that it withers—so that all its sprouting shoots wither? And neither by great ^[c]strength nor by many people can it be raised from its roots again.