7 He destroyed fortressesand ruined towns;his mighty roarterrified everyone.
8 Nations plotted to kill him,and people came from all overto spread out a netand catch him in a trap.
9 They put him in a cageand took him to Babylonia.The lion was locked away,so that his mighty roarwould never again be heardon Israel's hills.
10 Your mother was a vine like you,growing near a stream.There was plenty of water,so she was filled with branchesand with lots of fruit.
11 Her strong branchesbecame symbols of authority,and she was tallerthan all other trees—everyone could see how strongand healthy she was.
12 But in anger, I pulled her upby the rootsand threw her to the ground,where the scorching desert winddried out her fruit.Her strong branches wiltedand burned up.
13 Then she was plantedin a hot, dry desert,