And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
The lioness is Jerusalem, and the whelp she brought up became a powerful young lion. The verse belongs to a lament over Jerusalem in which the strength and beauty once associated with the city are shown to have departed because of sin. That loss frames the rise of the young lion as part of a sorrowful account of fallen greatness.
The lioness is Jerusalem, and the whelp she brought up became a powerful young lion. The verse belongs to a lament over Jerusalem in which the strength and beauty once associated with the city are shown to have departed because of sin. That loss frames the rise of the young lion as part of a sorrowful account of fallen greatness.