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Ezekiel 18
³¹ Put all your rebellion behind you, and find yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel?
³² I don’t want you to die, says the Sovereign LORD. Turn back and live!
Ezekiel 19
¹ “Sing this funeral song for the princes of Israel:
² “What is your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs.
³ She raised one of her cubs to become a strong young lion. He learned to hunt and devour prey, and he became a man-eater.
⁴ Then the nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him away with hooks to the land of Egypt.
⁵ “When the lioness saw that her hopes for him were gone, she took another of her cubs and taught him to be a strong young lion.
⁶ He prowled among the other lions and stood out among them in his strength. He learned to hunt and devour prey, and he, too, became a man-eater.
⁷ He demolished fortresses and destroyed their towns and cities. Their farms were desolated, and their crops were destroyed. The land and its people trembled in fear when they heard him roar.
⁸ Then the armies of the nations attacked him, surrounding him from every direction. They threw a net over him and captured him in their pit.
⁹ With hooks, they dragged him into a cage and brought him before the king of Babylon. They held him in captivity, so his voice could never again be heard on the mountains of Israel.