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1 “Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel
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"And you, raise a lament about the leaders of Israel,
2 and say: “ ‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among them and reared her cubs.
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and you must say, 'What a lioness [was] your mother among [the] lions. She lay down in the midst of young lions, [and] she reared her lion cubs.
3 She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.
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And she raised up one from her cubs; he became a fierce lion, and he learned to tear prey; he ate humans.
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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And nations heard about him; in their pit he was caught, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
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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And she saw that she was waiting [in vain]; her hope was destroyed, and she took one from her cubs, [and] she made him a fierce lion.
6 He prowled among the lions, for he was now a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.
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And he walked about in the midst of lions; he became a fierce lion, and he learned to tear prey; he ate humans.
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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And he knew their widows, and he devastated their cities, and [the] land was appalled, and {everyone in it} at the sound of his roar.
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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And nations set out against him {from the surrounding provinces}, and they spread their net over him, and he was caught in their pit.
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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And they put him in a collar with hooks, and they brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into a prison, so that his voice [would] not be heard {any longer} on the mountains of Israel.
10 “ ‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyardplanted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water.
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Your mother [was] like the vine in your vineyard; planted {fruitfully} beside water, and it was full of branches from many waters.
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.
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And {she produced branches of strength} to scepters of rulers; its height became tall between thick foliage, and it was seen because of its tallness among the abundance of its branches.
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.
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But it was uprooted in rage; it was thrown to the earth, and the east wind dried up its fruit; they were stripped off, and its strong branch dried up; fire consumed it.
13 Now it is planted in the desert, in a dry and thirsty land.
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And now [it is] planted in the desert, in a {dry and thirsty land}.
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.”
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And [so] fire has gone out from the stem of its branches; its fruit it has consumed, and [there] was not in it {a strong branch}, a scepter for ruling.'" This [is] a lament, and {it will be used as a lament}.<note: Literally "she [is] for a lament">
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