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Ezekiel 19
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
“Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel
and say,
and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
She brought up one of her cubs.
She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
The nations also heard of him.
When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
“‘Now when she saw that she had waited,
When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
He went up and down amongst the lions.
He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
He knew their palaces,
He broke down their strongholds (note: Or He knew their widows or He seized their widows) and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.
Then the nations attacked him on every side from the provinces.
Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.
They put him in a cage with hooks,
With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
“‘Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters.
Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard (note: Some Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts in your bloodline), planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.
It had strong branches for the sceptres of those who ruled.
It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage.
But it was plucked up in fury.
But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.
Now it is planted in the wilderness,
Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
Fire has gone out of its branches.
Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”