When she saw, as she waited,
That her hope was lost,
She took [a]another of her cubs
And made (A)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 people.
He [b]destroyed their [c]palaces
And laid waste their cities;
And the land and its fullness were appalled
Because of the sound of his roaring.
Then (C)nations set against him
On every side from their provinces,
And they spread their net over him;
He was caught in their trap.
(D)They put him in a [d]wooden collar with hooks
And (E)brought him to the king of Babylon;
They brought him in hunting nets
So that his voice would no longer be heard
On the mountains of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:5 Lit one
  2. Ezekiel 19:7 As in Targum; MT knew
  3. Ezekiel 19:7 Or widows
  4. Ezekiel 19:9 Or iron

When she saw that she waited in vain,
that her hope was lost,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a young lion.
He prowled among the lions,(A)
and he became a young lion.
After he learned to tear prey,
he devoured people.
He devastated their strongholds[a]
and destroyed their cities.
The land and everything in it shuddered
at the sound of his roaring.
Then the nations from the surrounding provinces
set out against him.(B)
They spread their net over him;
he was caught in their pit.
They put a wooden yoke on him[b] with hooks(C)
and led him away to the king of Babylon.
They brought him into the fortresses
so his roar could no longer be heard
on the mountains of Israel.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 19:7 Tg, Aq; MT reads knew their widows
  2. 19:9 Or put him in a cage