1. Then this message came to me from the lord:
2. “Son of man, give this riddle, and tell this story to the people of Israel.
3. Give them this message from the Sovereign lord:“A great eagle with broad wings and long feathers,covered with many-colored plumage,came to Lebanon.He seized the top of a cedar tree
4. and plucked off its highest branch.He carried it away to a city filled with merchants.He planted it in a city of traders.