Ezekiel 19:1-9

1And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

2and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs.

3And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.

4The nations heard about him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

5When she saw that she waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

6He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men,

7and seized their widows. He laid waste their cities, and the land was appalled and all who were in it at the sound of his roaring.

8Then the nations set against him from provinces on every side; they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.

9With hooks they put him in a cage and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into custody, that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.