Ezekiel 19:2-4

Easy-to-Read Version

² “‘Your mother is like a female lion,
    lying there with the male lions.
She went to lie down with
    the young male lions and had many babies.
³ One of her cubs gets up.
    He has grown to be a strong young lion.
He has learned to catch his food.
    He killed and ate a man.

⁴ “‘The people heard him roar,
    and they caught him in their trap.
They put hooks in his mouth
    and carried the young lion to Egypt.