4 The nations heard about himand trapped him in a pit.With hooks they dragged him off to Egypt.
5 She waited until she saw all hope was gone.Then she raised another of her cubs,and he grew into a fierce lion.
6 When he was full-grown,he prowled with the other lions.He too learned to hunt and eat people.
7 He wrecked forts, he ruined towns.The people of the land were terrifiedevery time he roared.
8 The nations gathered to fight him;people came from everywhere.They spread their hunting netsand caught him in their trap.
9 They put him in a cageand took him to the king of Babylonia.They kept him under guard,so that his roar would never be heard againon the hills of Israel.
10 Your mother was like a grapevineplanted near a stream.Because there was plenty of water,the vine was covered with leaves and fruit.