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When she saw that she was thwarted,
    that her hope was lost,
she took another of her cubs
    and made him a young lion.(A)
He prowled among the lions;
    he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch prey;
    he devoured people.(B)
And he ravaged their strongholds[a]
    and laid waste their towns;
the land was appalled, and all in it,
    at the sound of his roaring.(C)
The nations set upon him
    from the provinces all around;
they spread their net over him;
    he was caught in their pit.(D)
With hooks they put him in a neck collar
    and brought him to the king of Babylon;
    they brought him into custody,
so that his voice should be heard no more
    on the mountains of Israel.(E)

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  1. 19.7 Tg: Heb his widows

And she saw[a] that she was waiting in vain;
    her hope was destroyed,
and she took one from her cubs,
    and she made him a fierce lion.
And he walked about in the midst of lions;
    he became a fierce lion,
and he learned to tear prey;
    he ate[b] humans.[c]
And he knew their widows,[d]
    and he devastated their cities,
and the land was appalled, and everyone in it[e]
    at the sound of his roar.
And nations set out against him
    from the surrounding provinces,[f]
and they spread their net over him,
    and he was caught in their pit.
And they put him in a collar with hooks,
    and they brought him to the king of Babylon;
    they brought him into[g] a prison,
so that his voice would not be heard any longer[h]
    on the mountains of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:5 Or “realized”
  2. Ezekiel 19:6 Or “devoured”
  3. Ezekiel 19:6 Hebrew “human”
  4. Ezekiel 19:7 Or “ravished/raped”; or “he ravaged their strongholds”
  5. Ezekiel 19:7 Literally “its fullness”
  6. Ezekiel 19:8 Literally “all around from the provinces”
  7. Ezekiel 19:9 Hebrew “in”
  8. Ezekiel 19:9 Literally “longer”