Ezekiel 17:6
It sprouted and became a spreading vine,
What it says
The seed grows into a low spreading vine whose branches turn toward the eagle while its roots remain under him.
What it is doing
This verse depicts a polity designed to live in humble dependence.
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,