Ezekiel 19:3-5

19:3 She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion.

He learned to tear prey; he devoured people. ¹ 

19:4 The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit.

They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. ² 

19:5 “‘When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope was lost.

She took another of her cubs ³  and made him a young lion.

[19:3]  ¹ tn Heb “a man.”

[19:4]  ² sn The description applies to king Jehoahaz (2 Kgs 23:31-34; Jer 22:10-12).

[19:5]  ³ sn The identity of this second lion is unclear; the referent is probably Jehoiakim or Zedekiah. If the lioness is Hamutal, then Zedekiah is the lion described here.