1 M oreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

¶ And take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

2 a nd say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

and thou shalt say, How hast thy mother, the lioness, lain down among the lions? She raised her whelps among the young lions.

3 A nd she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

And she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey and to devour men.

4 T he nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.

The Gentiles also heard of him; he was taken in their trap, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

5 N ow when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

Now when she saw that she had waited a long time and her hope was being lost, then she took another of her whelps and made him a young lion.

6 A nd he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion and learned to catch the prey and devoured men.

7 A nd he knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring.

And he knew their widows, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fullness thereof, by the voice of his roaring.

8 T hen the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.

Then the Gentiles set against him on every side from the provinces and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

9 A nd they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

And they put him in prison in chains and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into fortresses that his voice should no longer be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

10 T hy mother was like a vine, in thy blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

¶ Thy mother was like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters, bearing fruit and spreading forth branches by reason of the many waters.

11 A nd it had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.

And she had strong rods for the sceptres of those that bore rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height and with the multitude of her branches.

12 B ut it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.

But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit; her branches were broken, and she withered; fire consumed the rod of her strength.

13 A nd now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

And now she is planted in the wilderness in a dry and thirsty ground.

14 A nd fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it hath devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

And fire is gone out of the rod from her branches, which has devoured her fruit, so that no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule has remained in her. This is a lamentation and shall be for a lamentation.