2   Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
ben¹¹²¹ 'adam¹²⁰ chuwd²³³⁰ chiydah²⁴²⁰ mashal⁴⁹¹¹ mashal⁴⁹¹² bayith¹⁰⁰⁴ Yisra'el³⁴⁷⁸

3   And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
'amar⁵⁵⁹ 'amar⁵⁵⁹ 'Adonay¹³⁶ Yhovih³⁰⁶⁹ gadowl¹⁴¹⁹ nesher⁵⁴⁰⁴ gadowl¹⁴¹⁹ kanaph³⁶⁷¹ 'eber⁸³ male'⁴³⁹² nowtsah⁵¹³³ riqmah⁷⁵⁵³ bow'⁹³⁵ Lbanown³⁸⁴⁴ laqach³⁹⁴⁷ tsammereth⁶⁷⁸⁸ 'erez⁷³⁰

4   He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
qataph⁶⁹⁹⁸ ro'sh⁷²¹⁸ yniqah³²⁴² bow'⁹³⁵ 'erets⁷⁷⁶ Kna`an<sup>3667</sup> suwm<sup>7760</sup> `iyr⁵⁸⁹² rakal⁷⁴⁰²

5   He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.
laqach³⁹⁴⁷ zera`<sup>2233</sup> 'erets<sup>776</sup> nathan<sup>5414</sup> zera`²²³³ sadeh⁷⁷⁰⁴ laqach³⁹⁴⁷ rab⁷²²⁷ mayim⁴³²⁵ suwm⁷⁷⁶⁰ tsaphtsaphah⁶⁸⁵¹

6   And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
tsamach⁶⁷⁷⁹ carach⁵⁶²⁸ gephen¹⁶¹² shaphal⁸²¹⁷ qowmah⁶⁹⁶⁷ daliyah¹⁸⁰⁸ panah⁶⁴³⁷ sheresh⁸³²⁸ gephen¹⁶¹² `asah⁶²¹³ bad⁹⁰⁵ shalach⁷⁹⁷¹ p'orah⁶²⁸⁸

7   There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.
'echad²⁵⁹ gadowl¹⁴¹⁹ nesher⁵⁴⁰⁴ gadowl¹⁴¹⁹ kanaph³⁶⁷¹ rab⁷²²⁷ nowtsah⁵¹³³ gephen¹⁶¹² kaphan³⁷¹⁹ sheresh⁸³²⁸ shalach⁷⁹⁷¹ daliyah¹⁸⁰⁸ shaqah⁸²⁴⁸ `aruwgah<sup>6170</sup> matta`⁴³⁰²

8   It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
shathal⁸³⁶² towb²⁸⁹⁶ sadeh⁷⁷⁰⁴ rab⁷²²⁷ mayim⁴³²⁵ `asah<sup>6213</sup> `anaph⁶⁰⁵⁷ nasa'⁵³⁷⁵ priy⁶⁵²⁹ 'addereth¹⁵⁵ gephen¹⁶¹²

9   Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.
'amar⁵⁵⁹ 'amar⁵⁵⁹ 'Adonay¹³⁶ Yhovih³⁰⁶⁹ tsalach⁶⁷⁴³ nathaq⁵⁴²³ sheresh⁸³²⁸ qacac⁷⁰⁸² priy⁶⁵²⁹ yabesh³⁰⁰¹ yabesh³⁰⁰¹ tereph²⁹⁶⁴ tsemach⁶⁷⁸⁰ gadowl¹⁴¹⁹ zrowa`<sup>2220</sup> rab<sup>7227</sup> `am⁵⁹⁷¹ nasa'⁵³⁷⁵ sheresh⁸³²⁸

10   Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
shathal⁸³⁶² tsalach⁶⁷⁴³ yabesh³⁰⁰¹ yabesh³⁰⁰¹ qadiym⁶⁹²¹ ruwach⁷³⁰⁷ naga`<sup>5060</sup> yabesh<sup>3001</sup> `aruwgah⁶¹⁷⁰ tsemach⁶⁷⁸⁰