6. He prowled among the lions, and he became a young lion.After he learned to tear prey,he devoured people.
7. He devastated their strongholds and destroyed their cities.The land and everything in it shudderedat the sound of his roaring.
8. Then the nations from the surrounding provincesset out against him. They spread their net over him;he was caught in their pit.
9. They put a wooden yoke on him with hooks and led him away to the king of Babylon.They brought him into the fortressesso his roar could no longer be heardon the mountains of Israel.
10. Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water;it was fruitful and full of branches because of plentiful waters.
11. It had strong branches, fit for the scepters of rulers;its height towered among the clouds. So it was conspicuous for its heightas well as its many branches.
12. But it was uprooted in fury, thrown to the ground,and the east wind dried up its fruit.Its strong branches were torn off and dried up; fire consumed them.
13. Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.