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A Lament for the Princes of Israel
And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
A Funeral Song for Israel’s Kings
“Sing this funeral song for the princes of Israel:
“Sing this funeral song for the princes of Israel:
and say:
What was your mother? A lioness!
Among lions she crouched;
in the midst of young lions
she reared her cubs.
What was your mother? A lioness!
Among lions she crouched;
in the midst of young lions
she reared her cubs.
“What is your mother?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among the young lions
and reared her cubs.
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among the young lions
and reared her cubs.
And she brought up one of her cubs;
he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch prey;
he devoured men.
he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch prey;
he devoured men.
She raised one of her cubs
to become a strong young lion.
He learned to hunt and devour prey,
and he became a man-eater.
to become a strong young lion.
He learned to hunt and devour prey,
and he became a man-eater.
The nations heard about him;
he was caught in their pit,
and they brought him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
he was caught in their pit,
and they brought him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
Then the nations heard about him,
and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him away with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him away with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
When she saw that she waited in vain,
that her hope was lost,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a young lion.
that her hope was lost,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a young lion.
“When the lioness saw
that her hopes for him were gone,
she took another of her cubs
and taught him to be a strong young lion.
that her hopes for him were gone,
she took another of her cubs
and taught him to be a strong young lion.
He prowled among the lions;
he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch prey;
he devoured men,
he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch prey;
he devoured men,
He prowled among the other lions
and stood out among them in his strength.
He learned to hunt and devour prey,
and he, too, became a man-eater.
and stood out among them in his strength.
He learned to hunt and devour prey,
and he, too, became a man-eater.
Then the nations set against him
from provinces on every side;
they spread their net over him;
he was taken in their pit.
from provinces on every side;
they spread their net over him;
he was taken in their pit.
Then the armies of the nations attacked him,
surrounding him from every direction.
They threw a net over him
and captured him in their pit.
surrounding him from every direction.
They threw a net over him
and captured him in their pit.
With hooks, they dragged him into a cage
and brought him before the king of Babylon.
They held him in captivity,
so his voice could never again be heard
on the mountains of Israel.
and brought him before the king of Babylon.
They held him in captivity,
so his voice could never again be heard
on the mountains of Israel.
“Your mother was like a vine
planted by the water’s edge.
It had lush, green foliage
because of the abundant water.
planted by the water’s edge.
It had lush, green foliage
because of the abundant water.
Its branches became strong —
strong enough to be a ruler’s scepter.
It grew very tall,
towering above all others.
It stood out because of its height
and its many lush branches.
strong enough to be a ruler’s scepter.
It grew very tall,
towering above all others.
It stood out because of its height
and its many lush branches.
But the vine was plucked up in fury,
cast down to the ground;
the east wind dried up its fruit;
they were stripped off and withered.
As for its strong stem,
fire consumed it.
cast down to the ground;
the east wind dried up its fruit;
they were stripped off and withered.
As for its strong stem,
fire consumed it.
But the vine was uprooted in fury
and thrown down to the ground.
The desert wind dried up its fruit
and tore off its strong branches,
so that it withered
and was destroyed by fire.
and thrown down to the ground.
The desert wind dried up its fruit
and tore off its strong branches,
so that it withered
and was destroyed by fire.
Now it is planted in the wilderness,
in a dry and thirsty land.
in a dry and thirsty land.
Now the vine is transplanted to the wilderness,
where the ground is hard and dry.
where the ground is hard and dry.
And fire has gone out from the stem of its shoots,
has consumed its fruit,
so that there remains in it no strong stem,
no scepter for ruling.
This is a lamentation and has become a lamentation.
has consumed its fruit,
so that there remains in it no strong stem,
no scepter for ruling.
This is a lamentation and has become a lamentation.
A fire has burst out from its branches
and devoured its fruit.
Its remaining limbs are not
strong enough to be a ruler’s scepter.
“This is a funeral song, and it will be used in a funeral.”
and devoured its fruit.
Its remaining limbs are not
strong enough to be a ruler’s scepter.
“This is a funeral song, and it will be used in a funeral.”