Ezekiel 19:2-9

2and say, ‘1What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs.3When she brought up one of her cubs, He became a lion, And he learned to tear his prey; He devoured men.4Then nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they 2brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.5When she saw, as she waited, That her hope was lost, She took 3another of her cubs And made him a young lion.6And he 4walked about among the lions; He became a young lion, He learned to tear his prey; He devoured men.7He 5destroyed their 6fortified towers And laid waste their cities; And the land and its fullness were appalled Because of the sound of his roaring.8Then 7nations set against him On every side from their provinces, And they spread their net over him; He was captured in their pit.98They put him in a cage with hooks And 9brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in hunting nets So that his voice would be heard no more On the mountains of Israel.