Ezekiel 19:2-8
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and say:
“‘What a lioness was your mother
among the lions!
She lay down among the young lions
and reared her cubs.
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She brought up one of her cubs,
and he became a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
and he devoured men.
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The nations heard about him,
and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
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“‘When she saw her hope unfulfilled,
her expectation gone,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a strong lion.
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He prowled among the lions,
for he was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
and he devoured men.
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He broke down their strongholds
and devastated their towns.
The land and all who were in it
were terrified by his roaring.
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Then the nations came against him,
those from regions round about.
They spread their net for him,
and he was trapped in their pit.