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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 saw her hope unfulfilled,
    her expectation gone,
she took another of her cubs(A)
    and made him a strong lion.(B)
He prowled among the lions,
    for he was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
    and he became a man-eater.(C)
He broke down[a] their strongholds
    and devastated(D) their towns.
The land and all who were in it
    were terrified by his roaring.
Then the nations(E) came against him,
    those from regions round about.
They spread their net(F) for him,
    and he was trapped in their pit.(G)
With hooks(H) they pulled him into a cage
    and brought him to the king of Babylon.(I)
They put him in prison,
    so his roar(J) was heard no longer
    on the mountains of Israel.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:7 Targum (see Septuagint); Hebrew He knew