3 She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
4 The nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
5 “‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.
6 He went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
7 He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, with its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.
8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him. He was taken in their pit.
9 They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.