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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:
Israel Degraded
“Moreover take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
“Moreover take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
“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 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 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
‘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 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.
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 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.
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 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 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.
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 the vine is transplanted to the wilderness,
where the ground is hard and dry.
where the ground is hard and dry.
And now she is planted in the wilderness,
In a dry and thirsty land.
In a dry and thirsty land.
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.”
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.