“ What is your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs.

说：你的母亲是什么呢？是个母狮子，蹲伏在狮子中间，在少壮狮子中养育小狮子。

说：你的母亲在狮子中是怎样的母狮呢？它蹲伏在少壮狮子中，养育小狮子。

说：你的母亲在狮子中是怎样的母狮呢？它蹲伏在少壮狮子中，养育小狮子。

说，“‘你的母亲像什么？她就像狮群中的母狮，卧在雄壮的狮子中养育幼狮。

说：‘你的母亲是什么？是狮子群中的母狮，它卧在少壮狮子群中，养育它的小狮子。

說：你的母親是甚麼呢？是個母獅子，蹲伏在獅子中間，在少壯獅子中養育小獅子。

說：你的母親在獅子中是怎樣的母獅呢？牠蹲伏在少壯獅子中，養育小獅子。

說：你的母親在獅子中是怎樣的母獅呢？牠蹲伏在少壯獅子中，養育小獅子。

說，『你的母親像什麼？她就像獅群中的母獅，臥在雄壯的獅子中養育幼獅。

說：‘你的母親是甚麼？是獅子群中的母獅，牠臥在少壯獅子群中，養育牠的小獅子。

說：你母親在獅子中間是甚麼樣的母獅啊！她蹲伏在少壯獅子當中，養育她的小獅子。

曰、爾母為何、乃牝獅也、蹲於眾獅間、撫育其子於稚獅中、

曰、爾母將何以譬之、有若牝獅、伏於眾獅間、撫育稚獅。

爾母將何以譬之、可譬牝獅、伏於眾獅間、在稚獅中養育其子、

and say:“‘ What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among them and reared her cubs.

Say to Israel,“‘ You were like a mother lion to your princes. She lay down among the lions. She brought up her cubs.

and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs.

and say: What was your mother? A lioness! She lay down among the lions; she reared her cubs among the young lions.

and say,‘ What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She raised her cubs.

and say:‘ What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.

and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

and say: What was your mother? A lioness! She lay down among the lions; she reared her cubs among the young lions.

And say, What[ is] thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

and say:“‘ What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; she reared her cubs.

and say,‘ What was your mother? A lioness. She couched among lions, in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs.

The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.

Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their rich pastures are destroyed. Hear the young lions roaring, for their thickets in the Jordan Valley are ruined.

What sorrow awaits rebellious, polluted Jerusalem, the city of violence and crime!No one can tell it anything; it refuses all correction. It does not trust in the Lord or draw near to its God.Its leaders are like roaring lions hunting for their victims. Its judges are like ravenous wolves at evening time, who by dawn have left no trace of their prey.Its prophets are arrogant liars seeking their own gain. Its priests defile the Temple by disobeying God’s instructions.

They will roar like lions, like the strongest of lions. Growling, they will pounce on their victims and carry them off, and no one will be there to rescue them.

In that day the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard will lie down with the baby goat. The calf and the yearling will be safe with the lion, and a little child will lead them all.The cow will graze near the bear. The cub and the calf will lie down together. The lion will eat hay like a cow.The baby will play safely near the hole of a cobra. Yes, a little child will put its hand in a nest of deadly snakes without harm.Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, for as the waters fill the sea, so the earth will be filled with people who know the Lord.

Where now is that great Nineveh, that den filled with young lions? It was a place where people— like lions and their cubs— walked freely and without fear.The lion tore up meat for his cubs and strangled prey for his mate. He filled his den with prey, his caverns with his plunder.

Break off their fangs, O God! Smash the jaws of these lions, O Lord!