Israel Degraded
‘What is your mother? A lioness:
She lay down among the lions;
Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.
And ahe became a young lion;
He learned to catch prey,
And he devoured men.
He was trapped in their pit,
And they brought him with chains to the land of aEgypt.
She took aanother of her cubs and made him a young lion.
And laid waste their cities;
The land with its fullness was desolated
By the noise of his roaring.
And spread their net over him;
bHe was trapped in their pit.
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.
Planted by the waters,
bFruitful and full of branches
Because of many waters.
aShe towered in stature above the thick branches,
And was seen in her height amid the1 dense foliage.
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.
And devoured her fruit,
So that she has no strong branch— a scepter for ruling.’ ” bThis is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.
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American Standard Version
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
Amplified® Bible
And say, What a lioness was your mother [Jerusalem-Judah]! She couched among lions; in the midst of young lions she nourished her cubs.
Contemporary English Version
Your mother was a brave lioness who raised her cubs among lions.
Darby English Version
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.
Good News Bible
What a lioness your mother was! She raised her cubs among the fierce male lions.
King James Version
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
New American Standard Bible
and say, `What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs.
New International Version
and say:
" 'What a lioness was your mother
among the lions!
She lay down among the young lions
and reared her cubs.
New King James Version
and say:
‘ What is your mother? A lioness:
She lay down among the lions;
Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
and say, 'What did you consider your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs.
Revised Standard Version
and say: What a lioness was your mother among lions! She couched in the midst of young lions, rearing her whelps.
Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast said: What `is' thy mother? -- a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.
New English Translation
and say: “‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions;1 she reared her cubs.
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