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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
Israel Degraded
“Moreover take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
“Moreover 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 is your mother? A lioness:
She lay down among the lions;
Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.
‘What is your mother? A lioness:
She lay down among the lions;
Among the young lions she nourished 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.
She brought up one of her cubs,
And he became a young lion;
He learned to catch prey,
And he devoured men.
And he became a young lion;
He learned to catch prey,
And 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 also heard of him;
He was trapped in their pit,
And they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.
He was trapped in their pit,
And they brought him with chains 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, that her hope was lost,
She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
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 roved among the lions,
And became a young lion;
He learned to catch prey;
He devoured men.
And became a young lion;
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 the provinces on every side,
And spread their net over him;
He was trapped in their pit.
And spread their net over him;
He was trapped 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 she was plucked up in fury,
She was cast down to the ground,
And the east wind dried her fruit.
Her strong branches were broken and withered;
The fire consumed them.
She was cast down to the ground,
And the east wind dried her fruit.
Her strong branches were broken and withered;
The fire consumed them.
Now it is planted in the desert,
in a dry and thirsty land.
in a dry and thirsty land.
And now she is planted in the wilderness,
In a dry and thirsty land.
In a dry and thirsty land.
Fire has come out from a rod of her branches
And devoured her fruit,
So that she has no strong branch — a scepter for ruling.’ ”
This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.
And devoured her fruit,
So that she has no strong branch — a scepter for ruling.’ ”
This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.