Bible verse
She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
Ezekiel 19:3 · 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.
7 He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.
KJV
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
ASV
And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
ERV
And she brought up one of her whelps; he became a young lion: and he learned to catch the prey, he devoured men.
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