"You did business in Spain and took silver, iron, tin, and lead in payment for your abundant goods.

The people of Rhodes traded with you; people of many coastal lands gave you ivory and ebony in exchange for your goods.

The people of Dedan traded saddle blankets for your goods.

For your goods the merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded jewels, gold, and the finest spices.

The cities of Haran, Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, the cities of Asshur and Chilmad---they all traded with you.

Your merchandise was carried in fleets of the largest cargo ships. "You were like a ship at sea Loaded with heavy cargo.

She raised a cub and taught him to hunt; he learned to eat people.

She waited until she saw all hope was gone. Then she raised another of her cubs, and he grew into a fierce lion.

"Mortal man," he said, "give a solemn warning to the king of Egypt. Give him this message from me: You act like a lion among the nations, but you are more like a crocodile splashing through a river. You muddy the water with your feet and pollute the rivers.

I am surrounded by enemies, who are like lions hungry for human flesh. Their teeth are like spears and arrows; their tongues are like sharp swords.

The LORD says, "The people of Israel are like sheep, chased and scattered by lions. First, they were attacked by the emperor of Assyria, and then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia gnawed on their bones.

The Babylonians all roar like lions and growl like lion cubs.

Where now is the city that was like a den of lions, the place where young lions were fed, where the lion and the lioness would go and their cubs would be safe?

"I am your enemy!" says the LORD Almighty. "I will burn up your chariots. Your soldiers will be killed in war, and I will take away everything that you took from others. The demands of your envoys will no longer be heard."

The rulers cry out in grief; their glory is gone! Listen to the roaring of the lions; their forest home along the Jordan is destroyed!