2 and say, 'What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs.
3 'When she brought up one of her cubs, He became a lion, And he learned to tear his prey; He devoured men.
4 'Then nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.
5 'When she saw, as she waited, That her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs And made him a young lion.
6 'And he walked about among the lions; He became a young lion, He learned to tear his prey; He devoured men.
7 'He destroyed their fortified towers And laid waste their cities; And the land and its fullness were appalled Because of the sound of his roaring.
8 'Then nations set against him On every side from their provinces, And they spread their net over him; He was captured in their pit.