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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”

When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope faded.
    So she took another of her cubs and set him up as a strong young lion.
He went on the prowl with the other lions and became a strong young lion.
    He learned to tear flesh and devour humans;
    he ravaged[a] their widows and laid waste to their cities.
When the earth and everything in it became horrified by the sound of his raging,
    the nations from the surrounding regions allied against him.
They cast their nets over him and caught him in their trap.
    They put a collar on him and brought him with hooks.
    They brought him with nets to the king of Babylon
        so that his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:7 Or knew