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,
(A)she took another of her cubs
    and made him a young lion.
He prowled among the lions;
    he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch prey;
    he devoured men,
and seized[a] their widows.
    He laid waste their cities,
and the land was appalled and all who were in it
    at the sound of his roaring.
(B)Then the nations set against him
    from provinces on every side;
(C)they spread their net over him;
    (D)he was taken in their pit.
With hooks (E)they put him in a cage[b]
    and (F)brought him to the king of Babylon;
    they brought him into custody,
that his voice should no more be heard
    on (G)the mountains of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:7 Hebrew knew
  2. Ezekiel 19:9 Or in a wooden collar