| English Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, | 1“Sing this funeral song for the princes of Israel: |
| 2and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs. | 2“What is your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs. |
| 3And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men. | 3She raised one of her cubs to become a strong young lion. He learned to hunt and devour prey, and he became a man-eater. |
| 4The nations heard about him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. | 4Then the nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him away with hooks to the land of Egypt. |
| 5When she saw that she waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion. | 5“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. |
| 6He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men, | 6He 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. |
| 7and seized their widows. He laid waste their cities, and the land was appalled and all who were in it at the sound of his roaring. | 7He demolished fortresses and destroyed their towns and cities. Their farms were desolated, and their crops were destroyed. The land and its people trembled in fear when they heard him roar. |
| 8Then the nations set against him from provinces on every side; they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit. | 8Then the armies of the nations attacked him, surrounding him from every direction. They threw a net over him and captured him in their pit. |
| 9With hooks they put him in a cage and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into custody, that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel. | 9With 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. |
| 10Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard planted by the water, fruitful and full of branches by reason of abundant water. | 10“Your mother was like a vine planted by the water’s edge. It had lush, green foliage because of the abundant water. |
| 11Its strong stems became rulers’ scepters; it towered aloft among the thick boughs; it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches. | 11Its 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. |
| 12But 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. | 12But 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. |
| 13Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. | 13Now the vine is transplanted to the wilderness, where the ground is hard and dry. |
| 14And 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. | 14A 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.” |
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