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1 As for you, raise up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
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You, raise a lament for Israel's princes.
2 and say: What a lioness was your mother among lions! She lay down among young lions, rearing her cubs.
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Say: What a lioness among lionesses was your mother! She bedded down among the strong young lions and reared her cubs.
3 She raised up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured humans.
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She singled out one of her cubs and he became a strong young lion; he learned to tear flesh and devour humans.
4 The nations sounded an alarm against him; he was caught in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
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When the nations heard about him, they caught him in their trap and carried him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
5 When she saw that she was thwarted, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
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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.
6 He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured people.
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He went on the prowl with the other lions and became a strong young lion. He learned to tear flesh and devour humans;
7 And he ravaged their strongholds, and laid waste their towns; the land was appalled, and all in it, at the sound of his roaring.
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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,
8 The nations set upon him from the provinces all around; they spread their net over him; he was caught in their pit.
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the nations from the surrounding regions allied against him. They cast their nets over him and caught him in their trap.
9 With hooks they put him in a cage, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into custody, so that his voice should be heard no more on the mountains of Israel.
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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.
10 Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard transplanted by the water, fruitful and full of branches from abundant water.
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Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard planted beside the waters;
11 Its strongest stem became a ruler's scepter; it towered aloft among the thick boughs; it stood out in its height with its mass of branches.
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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.
12 But it was plucked up in fury, cast down to the ground; the east wind dried it up; its fruit was stripped off, its strong stem was withered; the fire consumed it.
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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.
13 Now it is transplanted into the wilderness, into a dry and thirsty land.
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So now she is planted in the desert, in a parched and thirsty land,
14 And fire has gone out from its stem, has consumed its branches and fruit, so that there remains in it no strong stem, no scepter for ruling. This is a lamentation, and it is used as a lamentation.
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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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