Ezekiel 19:5-9

New Century Version

⁵ “‘The mother lion waited and saw
    that there was no hope for her cub.
So she took another one of her cubs
    and made him a strong lion.
⁶ This cub roamed among the lions.
    He was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the animals he hunted,
    and he ate people.
⁷ He tore down their strong places
    and destroyed their cities.
The land and everything in it
    were terrified by the sound of his roar.
⁸ Then the nations came against him
    from areas all around,
and they spread their net over him.
    He was trapped in their pit.
⁹ Then they put him into a cage with chains
    and brought him to the king of Babylon.
They put him into prison
    so his roar could not be heard again
    on the mountains of Israel.