¹⁰ The lions may roar^(A) and growl,
    yet the teeth of the great lions^(B) are broken.^(C)

¹¹ The lion perishes for lack of prey,^(A)
    and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.^(B)

“‘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)
7 He broke down^[a] their strongholds
    and devastated^(H) their towns.
The land and all who were in it
    were terrified by his roaring.