2 and say:What was your mother? A lioness!Among lions she crouched;in the midst of young lionsshe reared her cubs.
3 And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey;he devoured men.
4 The nations heard about him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooksto the land of Egypt.
5 When she saw that she waited in vain,that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubsand made him a young lion.
6 He prowled among the lions;he became a young lion,and he learned to catch prey;he devoured men,
7 and seized their widows.He laid waste their cities,and the land was appalled and all who were in itat the sound of his roaring.
8 Then the nations set against himfrom provinces on every side; they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.