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1 "Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel
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1 "Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel
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2 and say: " 'What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs.
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2 and say: " 'What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs.
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3 She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he devoured men.
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3 She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he devoured men.
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4 The nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
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4 The nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
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5 " 'When she saw her hope unfulfilled, her expectation gone, she took another of her cubs and made him a strong lion.
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5 " 'When she saw her hope unfulfilled, her expectation gone, she took another of her cubs and made him a strong lion.
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6 He prowled among the lions, for he was now a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he devoured men.
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6 He prowled among the lions, for he was now a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he devoured men.
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7 He broke down their strongholds and devastated their towns. The land and all who were in it were terrified by his roaring.
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7 He broke down their strongholds and devastated their towns. The land and all who were in it were terrified by his roaring.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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| 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) |
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) |
