Holy Scripture
Ezekiel 19:4
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
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.
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2and say, Why is thy mother become a whelp in the midst of lions? in the midst of lions she has multiplied her whelps.
3And one of her whelps sprang forth; he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men.
— Ezekiel 19:4 —
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.
6And he went up and down in the midst of lions, he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men.