Ezekiel 17:5
He took some of the seed of the land
What it says
Then the eagle takes seed from the land and plants it in fertile soil beside abundant waters.
What it is doing
This verse describes the establishment of a dependent local kingdom.
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,