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

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.

Lions die because they don’t have any food. Then their cubs are scattered.

Listen to the shepherds cry out! Their rich grasslands are destroyed. Listen to the lions roar! The trees and bushes along the Jordan River are gone.

How terrible it will be for Jerusalem! Its people crush others. They refuse to obey the Lord. They are“ unclean.”They don’t obey anyone. They don’t accept the Lord’ s warnings. They don’t trust in him. They don’t ask their God for his help.Jerusalem’s officials are like roaring lions. Their rulers are like wolves that hunt in the evening. They don’t leave anything to eat in the morning.Their prophets care about nothing. They can’t be trusted. Their priests make the temple“ unclean.” They break the law they teach others to obey.

The sound of their army is like the roar of lions. It’s like the roar of young lions. They growl as they capture what they were chasing. They carry it off. No one can take it away from them.

Wolves will live with lambs. Leopards will lie down with goats. Calves and lions will eat together. And little children will lead them around.Cows will eat with bears. Their little ones will lie down together. And lions will eat straw like oxen.A baby will play near a hole where cobras live. A young child will put its hand into a nest where poisonous snakes live.None of those animals will harm or destroy anything or anyone on my holy mountain of Zion. The oceans are full of water. In the same way, the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord.

Assyria is like a lion. Where is the lions’ den now? Where did they feed their cubs? Where did all the lions go? In their den they had nothing to fear.The lion killed enough for his cubs to eat. He choked what he caught for his mate. He filled his home with what he had killed. He brought to his dens what he had caught.

God, break the teeth in the mouths of those sinners! Lord, tear out the sharp teeth of those lions!