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, that her hope was lost,
She took (A)another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
(B)He roved among the lions,
And (C)became a young lion;
He learned to catch prey;
He devoured men.
[a]He knew their desolate places,
And laid waste their cities;
The land with its fullness was desolated
By the noise of his roaring.
(D)Then the nations set against him from the provinces on every side,
And spread their net over him;
(E)He was trapped in their pit.
(F)They put him in a cage with [b]chains,
And brought him to the king of Babylon;
They brought him in nets,
That his voice should no longer be heard on (G)the mountains of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:7 LXX He stood in insolence; Tg. He destroyed its palaces; Vg. He learned to make widows
  2. Ezekiel 19:9 Or hooks