Holy Scripture
Ezekiel 17:3
A church father on this verse
“He came to that Lebanon, which is the church, where the offerings of God and the incense of his prayers are celebrated, that great true evil, Nebuchadnezzar, that is, the devil, and he sees it.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3and 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 Lebanon—and he took the choice branches of the cedar:
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In context
1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2Son of man, relate a tale, and speak a parable to the house of Israel:
— Ezekiel 17:3 —
4he cropped off the ends of the tender twigs, and brought them into the land of Canaan; he laid them up in a walled city.
5And 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.