He prowled among the lions,(A)
and he became a young lion.
After he learned to tear prey,
he devoured people.
He devastated their strongholds[a]
and destroyed their cities.
The land and everything in it shuddered
at the sound of his roaring.
Then the nations from the surrounding provinces
set out against him.(B)
They spread their net over him;
he was caught in their pit.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:7 Tg, Aq; MT reads knew their widows

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