Bible verse
and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
Ezekiel 19:2 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ezekiel 19.
1 “As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel
2 and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
3 She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
4 When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
5 When 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.
6 He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
KJV
And say, What [is] thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
ASV
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
ERV
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
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