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