2 “What is your mother?A lioness among lions!She lay down among the young lionsand reared her cubs.
3 She raised one of her cubsto become a strong young lion.He learned to hunt and devour prey,and he became a man-eater.
4 Then the nations heard about him,and he was trapped in their pit.They led him away with hooksto the land of Egypt.
5 “When the lioness sawthat her hopes for him were gone,she took another of her cubsand taught him to be a strong young lion.
6 He prowled among the other lionsand stood out among them in his strength.He learned to hunt and devour prey,and he, too, became a man-eater.
7 He demolished fortressesand destroyed their towns and cities.Their farms were desolated,and their crops were destroyed.The land and its people trembled in fearwhen they heard him roar.
8 Then the armies of the nations attacked him,surrounding him from every direction.They threw a net over himand captured him in their pit.