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'When she saw, as she waited, That her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs And made him a young lion.

Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

'And he walked about among the lions, He became a young lion; He learned to tear his prey; He devoured people.

And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

'He destroyed their palaces And laid waste their cities; And the land and its fullness were appalled Because of the sound of his roaring.

And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

'Then nations set against him On every side from their provinces, And they spread their net over him; He was caught in their trap.

Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

'They put him in a wooden collar with hooks And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in hunting nets So that his voice would no longer be heard On the mountains of Israel.

And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.