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Nations plotted to kill him,
and people came from all over
    to spread out a net
    and catch him in a trap.
They put him in a cage
    and took him to Babylonia.
The lion was locked away,
    so that his mighty roar
would never again be heard
    on Israel's hills.

10 Your mother was a vine like you,[a]
    growing near a stream.
There was plenty of water,
so she was filled with branches
    and with lots of fruit.

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  1. 19.10 Your mother … like you: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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