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A Lament Over Israel’s Princes
“Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel
“Take up a lament concerning 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 a lioness was your mother
among the lions!
She lay down among them
and reared her cubs.
“ ‘What a lioness was your mother
among the lions!
She lay down among them
and reared her cubs.
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.
She brought up one of her cubs,
and he became a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
and he became a man-eater.
and he became a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
and he became a man-eater.
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 heard about him,
and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him with hooks
to 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.
“ ‘When she saw her hope unfulfilled,
her expectation gone,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a strong lion.
her expectation gone,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a strong 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.
He prowled among the lions,
for he was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
and he became a man-eater.
for he was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
and he became a man-eater.
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,
Then the nations came against him,
those from regions round about.
They spread their net for him,
and he was trapped in their pit.
those from regions round about.
They spread their net for him,
and he was trapped 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.
With hooks they pulled him into a cage
and brought him to the king of Babylon.
They put him in prison,
so his roar was heard no longer
on the mountains of Israel.
and brought him to the king of Babylon.
They put him in prison,
so his roar was heard no longer
on the mountains of Israel.
Its branches were strong,
fit for a ruler’s scepter.
It towered high
above the thick foliage,
conspicuous for its height
and for its many branches.
fit for a ruler’s scepter.
It towered high
above the thick foliage,
conspicuous for its height
and for its many branches.
But it was uprooted in fury
and thrown to the ground.
The east wind made it shrivel,
it was stripped of its fruit;
its strong branches withered
and fire consumed them.
and thrown to the ground.
The east wind made it shrivel,
it was stripped of its fruit;
its strong branches withered
and 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.
Now it is planted in the desert,
in a dry and thirsty land.
in a dry and thirsty land.
Now it is planted in the wilderness,
in a dry and thirsty land.
in a dry and thirsty land.
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.