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⁵ When she saw that she 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,^(C1)
and he became a young lion.
After he learned to tear prey,
he devoured people.⁷ He devastated their strongholds^(F1)
and destroyed their cities.
The land and everything in it shuddered
at the sound of his roaring.⁸ Then the nations from the surrounding provinces
set out against him.^(C1)
They spread their net over him;
he was caught in their pit.⁹ They put a wooden yoke on him^(F1) with hooks^(C1)
and led him away to the king of Babylon.
They brought him into the fortresses
so his roar could no longer be heard
on the mountains of Israel.^(C2)

¹⁰ Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard,^(F1)(C1)
planted by the water;
it was fruitful and full of branches^(C2)
because of abundant water.¹¹ It had strong branches, fit for the scepters of rulers;
its height towered among the clouds.^(F1)
So it was conspicuous for its height
as well as its many branches.¹² But it was uprooted in fury,^(C1)
thrown to the ground,
and the east wind dried up its fruit.
Its strong branches were torn off and dried up;^(C2)
fire consumed them.¹³ Now it is planted in the wilderness,^(C1)
in a dry and thirsty land.¹⁴ Fire has gone out from its main branch^(F1)
and has devoured its fruit,
so that it no longer has a strong branch,
a scepter for ruling.^(C1)