Ezekiel 19:5-9

New International Version

⁵“‘When she saw her hope unfulfilled,
    her expectation gone,
she took another of her cubs^(A)
    and made him a strong lion.^(B)
⁶He prowled among the lions,
    for he was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
    and he became a man-eater.^(C)
⁷He broke down^[a] their strongholds
    and devastated^(D) their towns.
The land and all who were in it
    were terrified by his roaring.
⁸Then 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)
⁹With 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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Ezekiel 19:7 Targum (see Septuagint); Hebrew He knew

Ezekiel 19:5-9

International Standard Version

⁵When she learned that her plans had been frustrated
    and that her hopes were dashed,
she took another of her cubs
    and turned him into a fierce lion.
⁶He prowled around among the lions,
    became a strong, young lion,
and learned to become a hunter-prowler—
    to eat human beings.
⁷He raped^[a] the women,
    devastating their towns.
The land was made desolate,
    and all the while the land was filled
        with the sound of his roaring.
⁸The surrounding nations attacked.
    They tossed their net over him,
        and he was caught in their trap.^[b]
⁹They imprisoned him in a cage with hooks
    and brought him to the king of Babel.
Then they placed him in their dungeon
    where his voice would no longer be heard
        on the mountains of Israel.