Chapter 19
Ezekiel
Verse 1And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Verse 2and say:What was your mother? A lioness!Among lions she crouched;in the midst of young lionsshe reared her cubs.Verse 3And she brought up one of her cubs;he became a young lion,and he learned to catch prey;he devoured men.Verse 4The nations heard about him;he was caught in their pit,and they brought him with hooksto the land of Egypt.Verse 5When she saw that she waited in vain,that her hope was lost,she took another of her cubsand made him a young lion.Verse 6He prowled among the lions;he became a young lion,and he learned to catch prey;he devoured men,Verse 7and seized their widows.He laid waste their cities,and the land was appalled and all who were in itat the sound of his roaring.Verse 8Then the nations set against himfrom provinces on every side;they spread their net over him;he was taken in their pit.Verse 9With hooks they put him in a cageand brought him to the king of Babylon;they brought him into custody,that his voice should no more be heardon the mountains of Israel.Verse 10Your mother was like a vine in a vineyardplanted by the water,fruitful and full of branchesby reason of abundant water.Verse 11Its strong stems becamerulers’ scepters;it towered aloftamong the thick boughs;it was seen in its heightwith the mass of its branches.Verse 12But 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.Verse 13Now it is planted in the wilderness,in a dry and thirsty land.Verse 14And 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 is a lamentation and has become a lamentation.
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