‘Then nations heard about him;
He was captured in their pit,
And they (A)brought him with hooks
To the land of Egypt.
‘When she saw, as she waited,
That her hope was lost,
She took [a]another of her cubs
And made him a young lion.
‘And he (B)walked about among the lions;
He became a young lion,
He learned to tear his prey;
He devoured men.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:5 Lit one