Ezekiel 19
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1“Moreover take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,1And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2and say: ‘What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.2and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs.
3She brought up one of her cubs, And he became a young lion; He learned to catch prey, And he devoured men.3And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.
4The nations also heard of him; He was trapped in their pit, And they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.4The nations heard about him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
5‘When she saw that she waited, that her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.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.
6He roved among the lions, And became a young lion; He learned to catch prey; He devoured men.6He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men,
7He knew their desolate places, And laid waste their cities; The land with its fullness was desolated By the noise of his roaring.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.
8Then the nations set against him from the provinces on every side, And spread their net over him; He was trapped in their pit.8Then the nations set against him from provinces on every side; they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.
9They put him in a cage with chains, And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in nets, That his voice should no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel.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.
10‘Your mother was like a vine in your bloodline, Planted by the waters, Fruitful and full of branches Because of many waters.10Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard planted by the water, fruitful and full of branches by reason of abundant water.
11She had strong branches for scepters of rulers. She towered in stature above the thick branches, And was seen in her height amid the dense foliage.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.
12But 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.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.
13And now she is planted in the wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land.13Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
14Fire 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.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.
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