A Lament for the Princes of Israel
1 And you,
1take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
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and say: What was your mother?
2A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs.
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And she brought up one of her cubs;
3he became a young lion,
4and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.
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The nations heard about him;
5he was caught in their pit,
6and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
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When she saw that she waited in vain, that her hope was lost,
7she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
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He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men,
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and 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.
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8Then the nations set against him from provinces on every side;
9they spread their net over him;
10he was taken in their pit.
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With hooks
11they put him in a cage and
12brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into custody, that his voice should no more be heard on
13the mountains of Israel.