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Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
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,
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
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.
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
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.
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
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.
Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
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.
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
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,
And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
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.
And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
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.
And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
Now it is planted in the wilderness,
in a dry and thirsty land.
in a dry and thirsty land.
And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
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.