10 The roaring of the lion,
The voice of the fierce lion,
And (A)the teeth of the young lions are broken.

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

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11 (A)The old lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

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

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and say:

‘What is your mother? A lioness:
She lay down among the lions;
Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.
She brought up one of her cubs,
And (A)he became a young lion;
He learned to catch prey,
And he devoured men.
The nations also heard of him;
He was trapped in their pit,
And they brought him with chains to the land of (B)Egypt.

‘When she saw that she waited, that her hope was lost,
She took (C)another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
(D)He roved among the lions,
And (E)became a young lion;
He learned to catch prey;
He devoured men.
[a]He knew their desolate places,
And laid waste their cities;
The land with its fullness was desolated
By the noise of his roaring.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:7 LXX He stood in insolence; Tg. He destroyed its palaces; Vg. He learned to make widows

and say:

“‘What a lioness(A) was your mother
    among the lions!
She lay down among them
    and reared her cubs.(B)
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.
The nations heard about him,
    and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him with hooks(C)
    to the land of Egypt.(D)

“‘When she saw her hope unfulfilled,
    her expectation gone,
she took another of her cubs(E)
    and made him a strong lion.(F)
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)
He broke down[a] their strongholds
    and devastated(H) their towns.
The land and all who were in it
    were terrified by his roaring.

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Footnotes

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