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2 and say: How was thy mother a lioness; Among lions she couched, In the midst of the young lions She reared her whelps! 3 And she brought up one of her whelps, He became a young lion; And he learned to catch the prey, He devoured men. 4 Then the nations assembled against him, He was taken in their pit; And they brought him with hooks Unto the land of Egypt. 5 Now when she saw that she was disappointed, And her hope was lost, Then she took another of her whelps, And made him a young lion. 6 And he went up and down among the lions, He became a young lion; And he learned to catch the prey, He devoured men. 7 And he knew their castles, And laid waste their cities; And the land was desolate, And the fulness thereof, Because of the noise of his roaring. 8 Then the nations cried out against him On every side from the provinces; And they spread their net over him, He was taken in their pit. 9 And they put him in a cage with hooks, And brought him to the king of Babylon; That they might bring him into strongholds, So that his voice should no more be heard Upon the mountains of Israel. Ezekiel 19:2-9, JPS Tanakh 1917. Public domain.
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