“And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.”
The lamentation describes Israel as a lioness among the nations, dwelling among young lions and teaching her cubs to tear the prey. The lioness represents the nation collectively as a fierce and powerful predatory force, while the cubs represent the royal sons who inherit the throne. This zoological metaphor establishes the expectation of strength, ferocity, and successful dominion that the monarchy once embodied.
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