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Ezekiel 19:5-9

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A Funeral Song for Israel’s Kings

⁵“When the lioness saw that her hopes for him were gone, she took another of her cubs and taught him to be a strong young lion.

⁶He prowled among the other lions and stood out among them in his strength. He learned to hunt and devour prey, and he, too, became a man-eater.

⁷He demolished fortresses and destroyed their towns and cities. Their farms were desolated, and their crops were destroyed. The land and its people trembled in fear when they heard him roar.

⁸Then the armies of the nations attacked him, surrounding him from every direction. They threw a net over him and captured him in their pit.

⁹With hooks, they dragged him into a cage and brought him before the king of Babylon. They held him in captivity, so his voice could never again be heard on the mountains of Israel.

Ezekiel 19:5-9 (NLT)