¹Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ²“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel ³and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ⁴He plucked off its topmost shoot, ⁵He took some of the seed of the land ⁶It sprouted and became a spreading vine, ⁷But there was another great eagle ⁸It had been planted in good soil ⁹So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ¹⁰Even if it is transplanted,