Ezekiel 19:1-4

A Lament Over Israel’s Princes 1“Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel

2and say: “ ‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among them and reared her cubs.

3She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.

4The nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him with hooks to the land of Egypt.