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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
A Lament Over Israel’s Princes
“Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel
“Take up a lament concerning 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 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.
‘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.
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.
‘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.
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.
‘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.
“ ‘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.
‘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.
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 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.
‘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 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.
‘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.
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.
‘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.
‘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.
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 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 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.
‘And now it is planted in the wilderness,
In a dry and thirsty land.
In a dry and thirsty land.
Now it is planted in the desert,
in a dry and thirsty land.
in a dry and thirsty land.
‘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.