Ezekiel 19
19
A Sad Song for Israel
1“Sing a funeral song for the leaders of Israel. 2Say:
‘Your mother was like a female lion.
She lay down among the young lions.
She had many cubs.
3She brought up one of her cubs.
And he became a strong lion.
He learned to tear the animals he hunted.
And he ate people.
4The nations heard about him.
He was trapped in their pit.
And they brought him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
5“‘The mother lion waited and saw
that there was no hope for her cub.
So she took another one of her cubs
and made him a strong lion.
6This cub roamed among the lions.
He was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the animals he hunted.
And he ate people.
7He destroyed their strong places.
He destroyed their cities.
The land and everything in it
were terrified by the sound of his roar.
8Then the nations came against him
from areas all around.
And they spread their net over him.
He was trapped in their pit.
9Then they put him into a cage with chains.
And they brought him to the king of Babylon.
They put him into prison.
Then his roar could not be heard again
on the mountains of Israel.
10“‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard.
It was planted beside the water.
The vine had many branches and gave much fruit
because there was plenty of water.
11The vine had strong branches.
They were good enough for a king’s scepter.
The vine became tall
among the thick branches.
And it was seen because it was tall
with many branches.
12But it was pulled up by its roots in anger.
It was thrown down to the ground.
The east wind dried it up.
Its fruit was torn off.
Its strong branches were broken off.
They were burned up.
13Now the vine is planted in the desert,
in a dry and thirsty land.
14And fire has spread from the vine’s main branch.
It has destroyed its fruit.
There is not a strong branch left on it
that could become a scepter for a king.’
This is a funeral song. It is to be used as a funeral song.”
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Ezekiel 19
19
1 "And as for you, take up a lament over the leaders of Israel,
2 and you shall say: Why did your mother, the lioness, recline among the male lions, and raise her little ones in the midst of young lions?
3 And she led away one of her little ones, and he became a lion. And he learned to seize prey and to consume men.
4 And the Gentiles heard about him, and they seized him, but not without receiving wounds. And they led him away in chains to the land of Egypt.
5 Then, when she had seen that she was weakened, and that her hope had perished, she took one of her little ones, and appointed him as a lion.
6 And he advanced among the lions, and he became a lion. And he learned to seize prey and to devour men.
7 He learned to make widows, and to lead their citizens into the desert. And the land, with its plenitude, was made desolate by the voice of his roaring.
8 And the Gentiles came together against him, on every side, from the provinces, and they spread their net over him; by their wounds, he was captured.
9 And they put him into a cage; they led him in chains to the king of Babylon. And they cast him into a prison, so that his voice would no longer be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
10 Your mother is like a vine, in your blood, planted by the water; her fruit and her branches have increased because of many waters.
11 And her strong branches were made into scepters for the rulers, and her stature was exalted among the branches. And she saw her own loftiness among the multitude of her branches.
12 But she was uprooted in wrath, and cast upon the ground. And the burning wind dried up her fruit. Her robust branches withered and were dried up. A fire consumed her.
13 And now she has been transplanted into the desert, into a land impassable and dry.
14 And a fire has gone forth from a rod of her branches, which has consumed her fruit. And there is no strong branch in her to become a scepter for the rulers. This is a lamentation, and it shall be a lamentation."
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