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Ezekiel 19:3-6

Ezekiel 19:3-6 AMP

‘When she [the royal mother-city] brought up [Jehoahaz] one of her cubs, He became a [young] lion, And he learned to catch and tear the prey; He devoured men. [2 Kin 23:30, 32] ‘The nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt. [2 Chr 36:1, 4] ‘When she saw, as she waited, That her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs And made him a young lion. [2 Kin 23:34; 24:1, 6] ‘And he moved among the lions; He became a young lion, He learned to tear the prey; He devoured men.