Ezekiel 19:5-9

New International Reader's Version

⁵ “ ‘The mother lion looked and waited.
    But all her hope was gone.
So she got another one of her cubs.
    She made him into a strong lion.
⁶ He prowled with the lions.
    He became very strong.
He learned to tear apart what he caught.
    And he became a man-eater.
⁷ He broke down their forts.
    He completely destroyed their towns.
The land and all those who were in it
    were terrified when he roared.
⁸ Then nations came against him.
    They came from all around him.
They spread out their net to catch him.
    He was trapped in their pit.
⁹ They used hooks to pull him into a cage.
    They brought him to the king of Babylon.
They put him in prison.
    So his roar was not heard anymore
    on the mountains of Israel.