Ezekiel 17:4
He plucked off its topmost shoot,
What it says
The eagle plucks off the highest shoot and carries it to a land of trade, setting it in a merchant city.
What it is doing
This verse shows the first act of removal and transplantation.
In context
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,