Holy Scripture
Ezekiel 19:3
A church father on this verse
“(Chapter 19, verses 1 onwards) And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, and say: Why did your mother, a lioness, lie down among lions? In the midst of young lions she raised her cubs. And one of her cubs grew up, he became a lion and learned to catch prey and devour men. The nations heard about him an…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3And one of her whelps sprang forth; he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men.
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1Moreover do thou take up a lamentation for the prince of Israel,
2and say, Why is thy mother become a whelp in the midst of lions? in the midst of lions she has multiplied her whelps.
— Ezekiel 19:3 —
4And the nations heard a report of him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him into the land of Egypt in chains.
5And she saw that he was driven away from her, and her hope of him perished, and she took another of her whelps; she made him a lion.