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And you ,
take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel ,
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and say :
What a lioness was your mother among lions !
She couched in the midst of young lions ,
rearing her whelps .
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And she brought up one of her whelps ;
he became a young lion ,
and he learned to catch prey ;
he devoured men .
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The nations sounded an alarm against him ;
he was taken in their pit ;
and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt .
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When she saw that she was baffled ,
that her hope was lost ,
she took another of her whelps and made him a young lion .
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He prowled among the lions ;
he became a young lion ,
and he learned to catch prey ;
he devoured men .
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And he ravaged their strongholds ,
and laid waste their cities ;
and the land was appalled and all who were in it at the sound of his roaring .
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Then the nations set against him snares on every side ;
they spread their net over him ;
he was taken in their pit .
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With 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 upon the mountains of Israel .