Ezekiel 19:2

and say,

‘What was your mother [Jerusalem and Judah]?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among young lions,
She reared her cubs.

Job 4:11


“The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

Psalm 58:6


O God, break their teeth in their mouth;
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.

Isaiah 5:29


Their roaring is like a lioness, they roar like young lions;
They growl and seize their prey
And carry it off and there is no one to save it.

Isaiah 11:6-9


And the wolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion and the fatted steer together;
And a little child will lead them.

Nahum 2:11-12


Where is the den of the lions (Assyria)
And the feeding place of the young lions,
Where the lion, lioness, and lion’s cub prowled
With nothing to fear?

Zephaniah 3:1-4

Woe (judgment is coming) to her who is rebellious and defiled,
The tyrannical city [Jerusalem]!

Zechariah 11:3


There is a sound of the shepherds’ wail,
For their splendor (grazing land) is ruined;
There is a sound of the young lions’ roar,
For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.

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Summary

And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

Bible References

A lioness

Nahum 2:11

Where is the den of the lions (Assyria)
And the feeding place of the young lions,
Where the lion, lioness, and lion’s cub prowled
With nothing to fear?
Zephaniah 3:1
Woe (judgment is coming) to her who is rebellious and defiled,
The tyrannical city [Jerusalem]!

Young lions

Job 4:11

“The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
Psalm 58:6

O God, break their teeth in their mouth;
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.
Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring is like a lioness, they roar like young lions;
They growl and seize their prey
And carry it off and there is no one to save it.
Isaiah 11:6

And the wolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion and the fatted steer together;
And a little child will lead them.
Zechariah 11:3

There is a sound of the shepherds’ wail,
For their splendor (grazing land) is ruined;
There is a sound of the young lions’ roar,
For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.