Ezekiel 17:6-8

Easy-to-Read Version

⁶ The seeds grew and became a grapevine.
    It was a good vine.
The vine was not tall,
    but it spread to cover a large area.
The vine grew stems,
    and smaller vines grew very long.
⁷ Then another eagle with big wings saw the grapevine.
    The eagle had many feathers.
The grapevine wanted this new eagle to care for it.
    So it stretched its roots and branches toward the eagle.
Its branches stretched toward this eagle.
    The branches grew away from the field where it was planted.
    The grapevine wanted the new eagle to water it.
⁸ The grapevine was planted in a good field near plenty of water.
    It could have grown branches and fruit.
    It could have become a very good grapevine.’”