Ezekiel 19
19
Lament for the Leaders of Israel
1“And you, raise a lament about#Or “over” the leaders of Israel, 2and you must say,
‘What a lioness was your mother
among the lions.
She lay down in the midst of young lions,
and she reared her lion cubs.
3And she raised up one from her cubs;
he became a fierce lion,
and he learned to tear prey;
he ate#Or “devoured” humans.#Hebrew “human”
4And nations heard about him;
in their pit he was caught,
and they brought him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
5And she saw#Or “realized” that she was waiting in vain;
her hope was destroyed,
and she took one from her cubs,
and she made him a fierce lion.
6And he walked about in the midst of lions;
he became a fierce lion,
and he learned to tear prey;
he ate#Or “devoured” humans.#Hebrew “human”
7And he knew their widows,#Or “ravished/raped”; or “he ravaged their strongholds”
and he devastated their cities,
and the land was appalled, and everyone in it#Literally “its fullness”
at the sound of his roar.
8And nations set out against him
from the surrounding provinces,#Literally “all around from the provinces”
and they spread their net over him,
and he was caught in their pit.
9And they put him in a collar with hooks,
and they brought him to the king of Babylon;
they brought him into#Hebrew “in” a prison,
so that his voice would not be heard any longer#Literally “longer”
on the mountains of Israel.
10Your mother was like the vine in your vineyard;#Or “in the vineyard”
planted fruitfully#Literally “fruitful” beside water,
and it was full of branches
from many waters.#Or “from waters abundant/many”
11And she produced branches of strength#Literally “they became to her branches/rods of strength”
to#Or “for” scepters of rulers;
its height became tall
between#Or “among” thick foliage,
and it was seen#Or “visible” because of its tallness
among the abundance of its branches.
12But it was uprooted in rage;
it was thrown to the earth,
and the east wind dried up its fruit;
they were stripped off,
and its strong branch dried up;
fire consumed it.
13And now it is planted in the desert,
in a dry and thirsty land.#Literally “a land of dryness and thirst”
14And so fire has gone out from the stem of its branches;
its fruit it has consumed,
and there was not in it a strong branch,#Literally “a branch of strength”
a scepter for ruling.’ ”
This is a lament, and it will be used as a lament.#Literally “she is for a lament”
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Ezekiel 19
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Ezekiel 19
1¶ And take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2and thou shalt say, How hast thy mother, the lioness, lain down among the lions? She raised her whelps among the young lions.
3And she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey and to devour men.
4The Gentiles also heard of him; he was taken in their trap, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
5Now 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.
6And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion and learned to catch the prey and devoured men.
7And 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.
8Then the Gentiles set against him on every side from the provinces and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
9And 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¶ 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.
11And 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.
12But 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.
13And now she is planted in the wilderness in a dry and thirsty ground.
14And 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.
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