^{5 Ref} And she seeth, that stayed -- perished hath her hope, And she taketh one of her whelps, A young lion she hath made it.

^{6 Ref} And it goeth up and down in the midst of lions, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.

^{7 Ref} And it knoweth his forsaken habitations, And their cities it hath laid waste, And desolate is the land and its fulness, Because of the voice of his roaring.

^{8 Ref} And set against it do nations Round about from the provinces. And they spread out for it their net, In their pit it hath been caught.

^{9 Ref} And they put it in prison -- in chains, And they bring it unto the king of Babylon, They bring it in unto bulwarks, So that its voice is not heard any more On mountains of Israel.