2 and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she couched, among young lions she reared her cubs.
3 When she raised up one of her cubs, he became a young lion. When he learned to tear prey, he devoured people.
4 When the nations heard about him, he was caught in their pit. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
5 When she saw that she waited in vain, her hope was lost. So she took another cub and made him a young lion.
6 He prowled among the lions. He became a young lion, learned to catch prey, devoured men.
7 He ravaged their widows and laid waste their cities. The land and all who were in it were terrified from his roaring.
8 The nations gathered against him on every side from the provinces. They spread their net over him. He was caught in their pit.