5
“‘When she saw her hope unfulfilled,
her expectation gone,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a strong lion.
6
He prowled among the lions,
for he was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
and he devoured men.
7
He broke down their strongholds
and devastated their towns.
The land and all who were in it
were terrified by his roaring.
8
Then the nations came against him,
those from regions round about.
They spread their net for him,
and he was trapped in their pit.
9
With hooks they pulled him into a cage
and brought him to the king of Babylon.
They put him in prison,
so his roar was heard no longer
on the mountains of Israel.