10 The roaring of the lion,
The voice of the fierce lion,
And (A)the teeth of the young lions are broken.

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11 (A)The old lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

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and say:

‘What is your mother? A lioness:
She lay down among the lions;
Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.
She brought up one of her cubs,
And (A)he became a young lion;
He learned to catch prey,
And he devoured men.
The nations also heard of him;
He was trapped in their pit,
And they brought him with chains to the land of (B)Egypt.

‘When she saw that she waited, that her hope was lost,
She took (C)another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
(D)He roved among the lions,
And (E)became a young lion;
He learned to catch prey;
He devoured men.
[a]He knew their desolate places,
And laid waste their cities;
The land with its fullness was desolated
By the noise of his roaring.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:7 LXX He stood in insolence; Tg. He destroyed its palaces; Vg. He learned to make widows

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