“‘You were like a lion 1 among the nations,
but you are a monster in the seas;
you thrash about in your streams,
stir up the water with your feet,
and muddy your 2 streams.
29:8 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will kill 3 every person and every animal.
1 tn The lion was a figure of royalty (Ezek 19:1-9).
2 tc The Hebrew reads “their streams”; the LXX reads “your streams.”
3 tn Heb “I will cut off from you.”