Ezekiel 19:2–9
‘What a lioness was your mother
among the lions.
She lay down in the midst of young lions,
and she reared her lion cubs.
3 And she raised up one from her cubs;
he became a fierce lion,
and he learned to tear prey;
4 And nations heard about him;
in their pit he was caught,
and they brought him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
5 And she sawd that she was waiting in vain;
her hope was destroyed,
and she took one from her cubs,
and she made him a fierce lion.
6 And he walked about in the midst of lions;
he became a fierce lion,
and he learned to tear prey;
7 And he knew their widows,g
and he devastated their cities,
and the land was appalled, and ⌊everyone in it⌋h
at the sound of his roar.
8 And nations set out against him
⌊from the surrounding provinces⌋,i
and they spread their net over him,
and he was caught in their pit.
9 And they put him in a collar with hooks,
and they brought him to the king of Babylon;
they brought him intoj a prison,
so that his voice would not be heard ⌊any longer⌋k
on the mountains of Israel.