The lioness and her cubs
And you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel And say: What was your mother? A lioness. She lay down among lions. She brought up her cubs among young lions. And she brought up one of her cubs, and he turned into a young lion and learned to catch prey. He ate men. The nations heard about him too. He was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. When she saw she'd waited and her hope was gone, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion. And he went up and down among the lions. He turned into a young lion and learned to catch prey. He ate men. And he knew their empty houses and laid their cities waste. And the land and everything in it was a desolation at the sound of his roaring. Then the nations set on him from the countries round about and spread their net over him. He was caught in their pit. And they put him in a cage with hooks and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into strongholds, so his voice wouldn't be heard on the mountains of Israel any more.
And you, take up a lament for the leaders of Israel and say: What was your mother? A lioness. She lay down among lions. She brought up her cubs among young lions. And she brought up one of her cubs, and he turned into a young lion and learned to catch prey. He ate men. The nations heard about him too. He was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. When she saw she'd waited and her hope was gone, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion. And he went up and down among the lions. He turned into a young lion and learned to catch prey. He ate men. And he knew their empty houses and laid their towns waste. And the land and everything in it was a wreck at the sound of his roaring. Then the nations set on him from the countries round about and spread their net over him. He was caught in their pit. And they put him in a cage with hooks and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into strongholds, so his voice wouldn't be heard on the mountains of Israel any more.
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit. And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
And you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel
And you, take up a lament for the leaders of Israel
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
And say: What was your mother? A lioness. She lay down among lions. She brought up her cubs among young lions.
and say: What was your mother? A lioness. She lay down among lions. She brought up her cubs among young lions.
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
And she brought up one of her cubs, and he turned into a young lion and learned to catch prey. He ate men.
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
The nations heard about him too. He was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
When she saw she'd waited and her hope was gone, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
And he went up and down among the lions. He turned into a young lion and learned to catch prey. He ate men.
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
And he knew their empty houses and laid their cities waste. And the land and everything in it was a desolation at the sound of his roaring.
And he knew their empty houses and laid their towns waste. And the land and everything in it was a wreck at the sound of his roaring.
And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
Then the nations set on him from the countries round about and spread their net over him. He was caught in their pit.
Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
And they put him in a cage with hooks and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into strongholds, so his voice wouldn't be heard on the mountains of Israel any more.
And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
The vine pulled up
Your mother is like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. She was fruitful and full of branches because of many waters. She grew strong branches fit to be rulers' staffs, and she towered above the thick branches, standing out because of her height and all her branches. But she was pulled up in fury and thrown to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit. Her strong rods were broken and withered, and the fire ate them. And now she's planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. Fire has gone out from a rod of her branches and devoured her fruit, so she has no strong rod left to be a royal staff for ruling. This is a lament, and it will remain a lament.
Your mother is like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. She was fruitful and full of branches because of plenty of water. And she had strong rods for the sceptres of the ones who rule, and her height was lifted up among the thick branches, and she showed up in her height with the number of her branches. But she was pulled up in fury and thrown to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit. Her strong rods were broken and withered, and the fire ate them. And now she's planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. And fire has gone out from a rod of her branches and eaten her fruit, so she hasn't got a strong rod left for a sceptre to rule with. This is a lament, and it'll be for a lament.
Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches. But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
Your mother is like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. She was fruitful and full of branches because of many waters.
Your mother is like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. She was fruitful and full of branches because of plenty of water.
Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
She grew strong branches fit to be rulers' staffs, and she towered above the thick branches, standing out because of her height and all her branches.
And she had strong rods for the sceptres of the ones who rule, and her height was lifted up among the thick branches, and she showed up in her height with the number of her branches.
And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
But she was pulled up in fury and thrown to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit. Her strong rods were broken and withered, and the fire ate them.
But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
And now she's planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
Fire has gone out from a rod of her branches and devoured her fruit, so she has no strong rod left to be a royal staff for ruling. This is a lament, and it will remain a lament.
And fire has gone out from a rod of her branches and eaten her fruit, so she hasn't got a strong rod left for a sceptre to rule with. This is a lament, and it'll be for a lament.
And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.