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1 You, raise a lament for Israel's princes.
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And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2 Say: What a lioness among lionesses was your mother! She bedded down among the strong young lions and reared her cubs.
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and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs.
3 She singled out one of her cubs and he became a strong young lion; he learned to tear flesh and devour humans.
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And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.
4 When the nations heard about him, they caught him in their trap and carried him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
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The nations heard about him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
5 When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope faded. So she took another of her cubs and set him up as a strong young lion.
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When she saw that she waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
6 He went on the prowl with the other lions and became a strong young lion. He learned to tear flesh and devour humans;
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He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men,
7 he ravaged their widows and laid waste to their cities. When the earth and everything in it became horrified by the sound of his raging,
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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.
8 the nations from the surrounding regions allied against him. They cast their nets over him and caught him in their trap.
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Then the nations set against him from provinces on every side; they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.
9 They put a collar on him and brought him with hooks. They brought him with nets to the king of Babylon so that his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel.
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With 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.
10 Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard planted beside the waters;
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Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard planted by the water, fruitful and full of branches by reason of abundant water.
11 she bore lush fruit and foliage because of the plentiful water, and she produced mighty branches, fit for rulers' scepters. She grew tall, and her crown went up between the clouds. Because of her height and thick growth, she became conspicuous.
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Its strong stems became rulers' scepters; it towered aloft among the thick boughs; it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.
12 So she was struck down in anger, thrown down to the ground. The east wind dried her out and destroyed her fruit; it sapped the branch of its strength, and fire consumed it.
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But 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.
13 So now she is planted in the desert, in a parched and thirsty land,
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Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
14 and fire has gone out from her branch and consumed her foliage and fruit, leaving her no strong branch or ruler's scepter. This is a lamentation, and it will serve as a lamentation.
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And 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.
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