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。

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.

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

公獅因缺乏獵物而死亡，母獅之子也被分散。

聽牧人們哀號的聲音，因為他們榮美的草場毀壞了；聽少壯獅子吼叫的聲音，因為約旦河邊的叢林毀壞了。

這叛逆、污穢、欺壓人的城有禍了！她不聽話，也不受管教；她不倚靠耶和華，也不親近她的神。城中的領袖都是咆哮的獅子，城中的審判官是夜間的豺狼，甚麼都不留到早晨。城中的先知都是輕浮詭詐的人；城中的祭司褻瀆聖物，違犯律法。

他們的吼叫像母獅，他們的咆哮如幼獅；他們咆哮，攫取獵物，把它叼去，無人援救。

豺狼必與綿羊羔同住，豹子要與山羊羔同臥，牛犢、幼獅和肥畜必同群；小孩子要牽引牠們。牛必與母熊一同吃食，牛犢必與小熊一起躺臥；獅子就像牛一般吃草。吃奶的嬰兒必在虺蛇的洞口玩耍，斷奶的孩子必放他的手在毒蛇的穴上。在我整個聖山上面，這一切都不行傷害或毀滅之事；因為認識耶和華的知識要充滿大地，好像海水覆蓋海洋一般。

獅子的洞穴在哪裡？餵養幼獅的地方在哪裡？公獅、母獅和幼獅不受驚嚇之處，可以閒遊的地方又在哪裡呢？公獅為幼獅撕碎足夠的食物，為母獅掐死活物；把獵物塞滿了牠的洞，把撕碎的填滿了牠的穴。

神啊！求你敲掉他們口中的牙齒；耶和華啊！求你打斷少壯獅子的顎骨。