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She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion.
He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.[a]
The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit.
They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.[b]
“‘When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope was lost.

She took another of her cubs[c] and made him a young lion.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:3 tn Heb “a man.”
  2. Ezekiel 19:4 sn The description applies to King Jehoahaz (2 Kgs 23:31-34; Jer 22:10-12).
  3. Ezekiel 19:5 sn The identity of this second lion is unclear; the referent is probably Jehoiakim or Zedekiah. If the lioness is Hamutal, then Zedekiah is the lion described here.