⁷ A lion^(A) has come out of his lair;^(B)
    a destroyer^(C) of nations has set out.
He has left his place
    to lay waste^(D) your land.
Your towns will lie in ruins^(E)
    without inhabitant.

“‘What a lioness^(A) was your mother
    among the lions!
She lay down among them
    and reared her cubs.^(B)
3 She brought up one of her cubs,
    and he became a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
    and he became a man-eater.
⁴ The nations heard about him,
    and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him with hooks^(C)
    to the land of Egypt.^(D)

⁵ “‘When she saw her hope unfulfilled,
    her expectation gone,
she took another of her cubs^(E)
    and made him a strong lion.^(F)
6 He prowled among the lions,
    for he was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
    and he became a man-eater.^(G)

¹¹ Where now is the lions’ den,^(A)
    the place where they fed their young,
where the lion and lioness went,
    and the cubs, with nothing to fear?
¹² The lion killed^(B) enough for his cubs
    and strangled the prey for his mate,
filling his lairs^(C) with the kill
    and his dens with the prey.^(D)

¹³ “I am against^(E) you,”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will burn up your chariots in smoke,^(F)
    and the sword^(G) will devour your young lions.
    I will leave you no prey on the earth.
The voices of your messengers
    will no longer be heard.”^(H)