1“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel
2and say:
‘What was your mother?
A lioness among the lions!
She lay down among the young lions;
she reared her cubs.
3She brought up one of her cubs,
and he became a young lion.
After learning to tear his prey,
he devoured men.
4When the nations heard of him,
he was trapped in their pit.
With hooks they led him away
to the land of Egypt.
5When she saw that she had waited in vain,
that her hope was lost,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a young lion.
6He prowled among the lions,
and became a young lion.
After learning to tear his prey,
he devoured men.
— Ezekiel 19:1-6