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He went up and down among the lions;
    he became a young lion,
and learned to catch the prey,
    and devoured men.
He destroyed their fortified palaces,
    and he laid waste their cities;
and the land and its fullness
    were appalled by the noise of his roaring.
Then the nations set against him
    on every side from their provinces,
and spread their net over him;
    he was taken in their pit.

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He prowled among the lions,
    for he was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
    and he became a man-eater.(A)
He broke down[a] their strongholds
    and devastated(B) their towns.
The land and all who were in it
    were terrified by his roaring.
Then the nations(C) came against him,
    those from regions round about.
They spread their net(D) for him,
    and he was trapped in their pit.(E)

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Footnotes

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