Israel Degraded
1 “Moreover atake up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2 and say:
‘What is your mother? A lioness:
She lay down among the lions;
Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.
‘What is your mother? A lioness:
She lay down among the lions;
Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.
3 She brought up one of her cubs,
And ahe became a young lion;
He learned to catch prey,
And he devoured men.
And ahe became a young lion;
He learned to catch prey,
And he devoured men.
4 The nations also heard of him;
He was trapped in their pit,
And they brought him with chains to the land of aEgypt.
He was trapped in their pit,
And they brought him with chains to the land of aEgypt.
5 ‘When she saw that she waited, that her hope was lost,
She took aanother of her cubs and made him a young lion.
She took aanother of her cubs and made him a young lion.
7 1He knew their desolate places,
And laid waste their cities;
The land with its fullness was desolated
By the noise of his roaring.
And laid waste their cities;
The land with its fullness was desolated
By the noise of his roaring.
8 aThen the nations set against him from the provinces on every side,
And spread their net over him;
bHe was trapped in their pit.
And spread their net over him;
bHe was trapped in their pit.
9 aThey put him in a cage with1 chains,
And brought him to the king of Babylon;
They brought him in nets,
That his voice should no longer be heard on bthe mountains of Israel.
And brought him to the king of Babylon;
They brought him in nets,
That his voice should no longer be heard on bthe mountains of Israel.
10 ‘Your mother was alike a vine in your bloodline,
Planted by the waters,
bFruitful and full of branches
Because of many waters.
Planted by the waters,
bFruitful and full of branches
Because of many waters.
11 She had strong branches for scepters of rulers.
aShe towered in stature above the thick branches,
And was seen in her height amid the1 dense foliage.
aShe towered in stature above the thick branches,
And was seen in her height amid the1 dense foliage.
12 But she was aplucked up in fury,
She was cast down to the ground,
And the beast wind dried her fruit.
Her strong branches were broken and withered;
The fire consumed them.
She was cast down to the ground,
And the beast wind dried her fruit.
Her strong branches were broken and withered;
The fire consumed them.
14 aFire has come out from a rod of her branches
And devoured her fruit,
So that she has no strong branch— a scepter for ruling.’ ” bThis is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.
And devoured her fruit,
So that she has no strong branch— a scepter for ruling.’ ” bThis is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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