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² Your mother was a brave lioness
who raised her cubs
    among lions.
³ She taught one of them to hunt,
    and he learned to eat people.
⁴ When the nations heard of him,
    they trapped him in a pit,
then they used hooks
    to drag him to Egypt.

⁵ His mother waited
    for him to return.
But soon she lost all hope
and raised another cub,
    who also became fierce.
⁶ He hunted with other lions
    and learned to eat people.
⁷ He destroyed fortresses^[b]
    and ruined towns;
his mighty roar
    terrified everyone.
⁸ Nations plotted to kill him,
and people came from all over
    to spread out a net
    and catch him in a trap.
⁹ They put him in a cage
    and took him to Babylonia.
The lion was locked away,
    so that his mighty roar
would never again be heard
    on Israel's hills.

¹⁰ Your mother was a vine^[c]
    growing near a stream.
There was plenty of water,
so she was filled with branches
    and with lots of fruit.
¹¹ Her strong branches
    became symbols of authority,
and she was taller
    than all other trees—
everyone could see how strong
    and healthy she was.
¹² But in anger, I pulled her up
    by the roots
and threw her to the ground,
where the scorching desert wind
    dried out her fruit.
Her strong branches wilted
    and burned up.
¹³ Then she was planted
    in a hot, dry desert,
¹⁴ where her stem caught fire,
and flames burned
    her branches and fruit.
Not one strong branch is left;
    she is stripped bare.