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| 1And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, | 1"Now as for you, publish this mourning psalm about Israel's leaders. |
| 2and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs. | 2Tell them: 'What a lioness your mother was among lions! She reared her cubs in the midst of fierce young males. |
| 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 cub in particular, teaching that fierce lion to become a hunter-prowler— to eat human beings. |
| 4The nations heard about him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. | 4The nations heard about him. He had become caught in their trap. They brought him 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. | 5When she learned that her plans had been frustrated and that her hopes were dashed, she took another of her cubs and turned him into a fierce lion. |
| 6He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men, | 6He prowled around among the lions, became a strong, young lion, and learned to become a hunter-prowler— to eat human beings. |
| 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 raped the women, devastating their towns. The land was made desolate, and all the while the land was filled with the sound of his roaring. |
| 8Then the nations set against him from provinces on every side; they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit. | 8The surrounding nations attacked. They tossed their net over him, and he was caught in their trap. |
| 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. | 9They imprisoned him in a cage with hooks and brought him to the king of Babel. Then they placed him in their dungeon where his voice would no longer 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. | 10Your mother was like a vine entwining a pomegranate, planted by water, full of fruit, and full of branches because it had been watered generously. |
| 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. | 11Strong were its boughs, suitable for use in the scepter of a ruler. It reached to the clouds, noticeable because of its height and its abundant 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. | 12Yet in anger it was uprooted and cast down to the earth. An east wind desiccated its fruit; its strong branches broke off and withered, and a fire consumed them. |
| 13Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. | 13Now it is planted in the desert, in a dry and thirsty land! |
| 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. | 14Fire had burned through its branches, consuming its shoots and fruits. No strong branches remain in it, and there is no scepter to rule!' "This is a lamentation, and it is to be used in mourning." |
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