| King James Version (KJV) |
New International Version (NIV) |
|
1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
|
1 "Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel
|
|
2 And say , What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
|
2 and say: " 'What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs.
|
|
3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
|
3 She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he devoured men.
|
|
4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
|
4 The nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
|
|
5 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.
|
5 " 'When she saw her hope unfulfilled, her expectation gone, she took another of her cubs and made him a strong lion.
|
|
6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
|
6 He prowled among the lions, for he was now a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he devoured men.
|
|
7 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.
|
7 He broke down their strongholds and devastated their towns. The land and all who were in it were terrified by his roaring.
|
|
8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
|
8 Then the nations came against him, those from regions round about. They spread their net for him, and he was trapped in their pit.
|
|
9 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.
|
9 With hooks they pulled him into a cage and brought him to the king of Babylon. They put him in prison, so his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
|
|
10 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.
|
10 " 'Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water.
|
|
11 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.
|
11 Its branches were strong, fit for a ruler's scepter. It towered high above the thick foliage, conspicuous for its height and for its many branches.
|
|
12 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.
|
12 But it was uprooted in fury and thrown to the ground. The east wind made it shrivel, it was stripped of its fruit; its strong branches withered and fire consumed them.
|
|
13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
|
13 Now it is planted in the desert, in a dry and thirsty land.
|
|
14 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.
|
14 Fire spread from one of its main branches and consumed its fruit. No strong branch is left on it fit for a ruler's scepter.' This is a lament and is to be used as a lament."
|
| The King James Version is in the public domain. (The King James Bible Version Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
