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19 : 1 And you,take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
19 : 2 and say:What was your mother?A lioness!Among lions she crouched;in the midst of young lionsshe reared her cubs.
19 : 3 And she brought up one of her cubs;he became a young lion,and he learned to catch prey;he devoured men.
19 : 4 The nations heard about him;he was caught in their pit,and they brought him with hooksto the land of Egypt.
19 : 5 When she saw that she waited in vain,that her hope was lost,she took another of her cubsand made him a young lion.
19 : 6 He prowled among the lions;he became a young lion,and he learned to catch prey;he devoured men,
19 : 7 and seizedtheir widows.He laid waste their cities,and the land was appalled and all who were in itat the sound of his roaring.
19 : 8 Then the nations set against himfrom provinces on every side;they spread their net over him;he was taken in their pit.
19 : 9 With hooksthey put him in a cageandbrought him to the king of Babylon;they brought him into custody,that his voice should no more be heardonthe mountains of Israel.
19 : 10 Your mother waslike a vine in a vineyardplanted by the water,fruitful and full of branchesby reason of abundant water.
19 : 11 Its strong stems becamerulers' scepters;it towered aloftamong the thick boughs;it was seen in its heightwith the mass of its branches.
19 : 12 But the vine was plucked up in fury,cast down to the ground;the east wind dried up its fruit;they were stripped off and withered.As for its strong stem,fire consumed it.
19 : 13 Now it is planted in the wilderness,in a dry and thirsty land.
19 : 14 And fire has gone out from the stem of its shoots,has consumed its fruit,so that there remains in it no strong stem,no scepter for ruling.This isa lamentation and has become a lamentation.