2 Say:‘Your mother was like a female lion.She lay down among the young lions.She had many cubs.
3 When she brought up one of her cubs,he became a strong lion.He learned to tear the animals he hunted,and he ate people.
4 The nations heard about him.He was trapped in their pit,and they brought him with hooksto the land of Egypt.
5 “ ‘The mother lion waited and sawthat there was no hope for her cub.So she took another one of her cubsand made him a strong lion.
6 This cub roamed among the lions.He was now a strong lion.He learned to tear the animals he hunted,and he ate people.
7 He tore down their strong placesand destroyed their cities.The land and everything in itwere terrified by the sound of his roar.
8 Then the nations came against himfrom areas all around,and they spread their net over him.He was trapped in their pit.