2. “What is your mother?A lioness among lions!She lay down among the young lionsand reared her cubs.
3. She raised one of her cubsto become a strong young lion.He learned to hunt and devour prey,and he became a man-eater.
4. Then the nations heard about him,and he was trapped in their pit.They led him away with hooksto the land of Egypt.
5. “When the lioness sawthat her hopes for him were gone,she took another of her cubsand taught him to be a strong young lion.
6. He prowled among the other lionsand stood out among them in his strength.He learned to hunt and devour prey,and he, too, became a man-eater.
7. He demolished fortressesand destroyed their towns and cities.Their farms were desolated,and their crops were destroyed.The land and its people trembled in fearwhen they heard him roar.