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and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; A great eagle with large wings, spreading them out very far, with many claws, which has the design of entering into Libanus—and he took the choice of the cedar:
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he cropped off the ends of the tender twigs, and brought them into the land of Chanaan; he laid them up in a walled city.
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And he took of the seed of the land, and sowed it in a field planted by much water; he set it in a conspicuous place.
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And it sprang up, and became a weak and little vine, so that the branches thereof appeared it, and its roots were under it: and it became a vine, and put forth shoots, and sent forth its tendrils.
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And there was another great eagle, with great wings and many claws: and, behold, this vine bent itself round toward him, and her roots towards him, and she sent forth her branches towards him, that might water her together with the growth of her plantation.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.