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Lament for the Princes of Israel
“As for you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel
“As for you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel
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And thou, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
And thou, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
and say,
‘What was your mother?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among young lions,
She reared her cubs.
‘What was your mother?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among young lions,
She reared her cubs.
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.
‘When she brought up one of her cubs,
He became a lion,
And he learned to tear his prey;
He devoured men.
He became a lion,
And he learned to tear his prey;
He devoured men.
And she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
‘Then nations heard about him;
He was captured in their pit,
And they brought him with hooks
To the land of Egypt.
He was captured in their pit,
And they brought him with hooks
To the land of Egypt.
And the nations heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings into the land of Egypt.
‘When she saw, as she waited,
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 when she saw that she had waited [and] her hope was lost, she took another of her whelps, [and] made him a young lion.
‘And he walked about among the lions;
He became a young lion,
He learned to tear his prey;
He devoured men.
He became a young lion,
He learned to tear his prey;
He devoured men.
And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
‘He destroyed their fortified towers
And laid waste their cities;
And the land and its fullness were appalled
Because of the sound of his roaring.
And laid waste their cities;
And the land and its fullness were appalled
Because of the sound of his roaring.
And he knew their [desolate] palaces, and he laid waste their cities, so that the land was desolate, and all it contained, by the noise of his roaring.
‘Then nations set against him
On every side from their provinces,
And they spread their net over him;
He was captured in their pit.
On every side from their provinces,
And they spread their net over him;
He was captured in their pit.
Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.
‘They put him in a cage with hooks
And brought him to the king of Babylon;
They brought him in hunting nets
So that his voice would be heard no more
On the mountains of Israel.
And brought him to the king of Babylon;
They brought him in hunting nets
So that his voice would be heard no more
On the mountains of Israel.
And they put him in a cage with nose-rings, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard,
Planted by the waters;
It was fruitful and full of branches
Because of abundant waters.
Planted by the waters;
It was fruitful and full of branches
Because of abundant waters.
Thy mother was as a vine, in thy rest, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
‘And it had strong branches fit for scepters of rulers,
And its height was raised above the clouds
So that it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.
And its height was raised above the clouds
So that it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.
And it had strong rods for sceptres of them that bear rule, and its stature was exalted between the thick boughs; and it was conspicuous by its height with the multitude of its branches.
‘But it was plucked up in fury;
It was cast down to the ground;
And the east wind dried up its fruit.
Its strong branch was torn off
So that it withered;
The fire consumed it.
It was cast down to the ground;
And the east wind dried up its fruit.
Its strong branch was torn off
So that it withered;
The fire consumed it.
But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit; its strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
‘And now it is planted in the wilderness,
In a dry and thirsty land.
In a dry and thirsty land.
And now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground:
‘And fire has gone out from its branch;
It has consumed its shoots and fruit,
So that there is not in it a strong branch,
A scepter to rule.’”
This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.
It has consumed its shoots and fruit,
So that there is not in it a strong branch,
A scepter to rule.’”
This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.
and a fire is gone out of a rod of its branches, [which] hath devoured its fruit; so that it hath no strong rod to be a sceptre for ruling. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.