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Which went among (the) lions, and was made (like) a (young) lion; and [he] learned to take prey, and to devour men.

He learned to make widows, and to bring the cities of men into desert; and the land and the fullness thereof was made desolate, of the voice of his roaring. (He learned to make widows, and to lay waste the peoples’ cities; and the land and its fullness was made desolate, at the sound of his roaring.)

And heathen men came together against him on each side from provinces, and spread on him their net; he was taken in the wounds of those heathen men. (And from the provinces the heathen came together against him on every side, and spread their net upon him; and he was caught in the pit of those heathen.)

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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