19:1 Moreover do thou take up a lamentation
for the prince of Israel,
19:2 and say, Why is thy mother become a whelp in the midst of lions? in the
midst of lions she has multiplied her whelps.
19:3 And one of her whelps sprang forth; he became a lion, and learned to
take prey, he devoured men.
19:4 And the nations heard a report of him; he was caught in their pit, and
they brought him into the land of Egypt in chains.
19:5 And she saw that he was driven away from her, [and] her hope of him]
perished, and she took another of her whelps; she made him a lion.
19:6 And he went up and down in the midst of lions, he became a lion, and
learned to take prey, he devoured men.
19:7 And he prowled in his boldness and laid waste their cities, and made
the land desolate, and the fullness of it, by the voice of his roaring.
19:8 Then the nations set upon him from the countries round about, and they
spread their nets upon him: he was taken in their pit.
19:9 And they put him in chains and in a cage, [and] he came to the king of
Babylon; and he cast him into prison, that his voice should not be heard on
the mountains of Israel.
19:10 Thy mother was as a vine and as a blossom on a pomegranate tree,
planted by water: her fruit and her shoot abounded by reason of much water.
19:11 And she became a rod for a tribe of princes, and was elevated in her
bulk in the midst of [other] trees, and she saw her bulk in the multitude of
her branches.
19:12 But she was broken down in wrath, she was cast upon the ground, and
the east wind dried up her choice [branches]: vengeance came upon them, and
the rod of her strength was withered; fire consumed it.
19:13 And now they have planted her in the wilderness, in a dry land.
19:14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her choice [boughs], and has devoured
her; and there was no rod of strength in her. Her race is become a parable
of lamentation, and it shall be for a lamentation. |
19:1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for
the princes of Israel,
19:2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she
nourished her whelps among young lions.
19:3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it
learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
19:4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they
brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
19:5 Now 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.
19:6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and
learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
19:7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and
the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
19:8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and
spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
19:9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of
Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard
upon the mountains of Israel.
19:10 Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was
fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
19:11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and
her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her
height with the multitude of her branches.
19:12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and
the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered;
the fire consumed them.
19:13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
19:14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her
fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a
lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation. |