Ezekiel 19:4-6

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⁴ The nations heard about him.
    He was trapped in their pit,
and they brought him with hooks
    to the land of Egypt.
⁵ “‘The mother lion waited and saw
    that there was no hope for her cub.
So she took another one of her cubs
    and made him a ·strong [^Lyoung] lion [^Ceither Jehoiachin (2 Kin. 24:8) or Zedekiah (2 Kin. 25:7)].
⁶ This cub ·roamed [prowled] among the lions.
    He was now a ·strong [^Lyoung] lion.
He learned to tear ·the animals he hunted [prey],
    and he ·ate [devoured] people.