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Lament for the Princes of Israel
1 “As for you, take up a AEzek 2:10; 19:14lamentation for the B2 Kin 23:29, 30, 34; 24:6, 12; 25:5-7princes of Israel 2 and say,
‘1Or Why did your mother, a lioness, lie down among lions; among young lions rear her cubs?What was your mother?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among young lions,
She reared her cubs.
3 ‘When she brought up one of her cubs,
He became a lion,
And he learned to tear his prey;
He devoured men.
4 ‘Then nations heard about him;
He was captured in their pit,
And they A2 Kin 23:34; 2 Chr 36:4, 6brought him with hooks
To the land of Egypt.
5 ‘When she saw, as she waited,
That her hope was lost,
She took 1Lit oneanother of her cubs
And made him a young lion.
6 ‘And he A2 Kin 24:9; 2 Chr 36:9walked about among the lions;
He became a young lion,
He learned to tear his prey;
He devoured men.
And laid waste their cities;
And the land and its fullness were appalled
Because of the sound of his roaring.
8 ‘Then A2 Kin 24:11nations set against him
On every side from their provinces,
And they spread their net over him;
He was captured in their pit.
9 ‘A2 Chr 36:6They put him in a cage with hooks
And B2 Kin 24:15brought him to the king of Babylon;
They brought him in hunting nets
So that his voice would be heard no more
On the mountains of Israel.
Planted by the waters;
It was fruitful and full of branches
Because of abundant waters.
And its BEzek 31:3height was raised above the clouds
So that it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.
12 ‘But it was AJer 31:28plucked up in fury;
It was BLam 2:1; Ezek 28:17cast down to the ground;
And the CEzek 17:10; Hos 13:15east wind dried up its fruit.
So that 3So Gr; M.T. theyit withered;
The fire consumed it.
13 ‘And now it is planted in the A2 Kin 24:12-16; Ezek 19:10; 20:35; Hos 2:3wilderness,
In a dry and thirsty land.
It has consumed its shoots and fruit,
So that there is not in it a 1Lit rod of strengthstrong branch,
A scepter to rule.’ ”
This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.
B19:1 2 Kin 23:29, 30, 34; 24:6, 12; 25:5-7
119:2 Or Why did your mother, a lioness, lie down among lions; among young lions rear her cubs?
A19:4 2 Kin 23:34; 2 Chr 36:4, 6
119:5 Lit one
119:7 So Targum; M.T. knew
219:7 Or widows
119:10 So with some ancient mss; M.T. blood
119:11 Lit rods of strength
119:12 Lit rods of her strength
219:12 So Gr; M.T. they were
319:12 So Gr; M.T. they
A19:13 2 Kin 24:12-16; Ezek 19:10; 20:35; Hos 2:3
119:14 Lit rod of strength