Ézéchiel 19

1Moreover, take thou up^H5375 a lamentation^H7015 for the princes^H5387 of Israel^H3478, 2and say^H559, What was thy mother^H517? A lioness^H3833: she couched^H7257 among lions^H738, in the midst^H8432 of the young lions^H3715 she nourished^H7235 her whelps^H1482. 3And she brought up^H5927 one^H259 of her whelps^H1482: he became a young lion^H3715, and he learned^H3925 to catch^H2963 the prey^H2964; he devoured^H398 men^H120. 4The nations^H1471 also heard^H8085 of him; he was taken^H8610 in their pit^H7845; and they brought^H935 him with hooks^H2397 unto the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714. 5Now when she saw^H7200 that she had waited^H3176, and her hope^H8615 was lost^H6, then she took^H3947 another^H259 of her whelps^H1482, and made^H7760 him a young lion^H3715. 6And he went up and down^H1980 among^H8432 the lions^H738; he became a young lion^H3715, and he learned^H3925 to catch^H2963 the prey^H2964; he devoured^H398 men^H120. 7And he knew^H3045 their palaces^H490, and laid waste^H2717 their cities^H5892; and the land^H776 was desolate^H3456, and the fulness^H4393 thereof, because of the noise^H6963 of his roaring^H7581. 8Then the nations^H1471 set^H5414 against him on every side^H5439 from the provinces^H4082; and they spread^H6566 their net^H7568 over him; he was taken^H8610 in their pit^H7845. 9And they put^H5414 him in a cage^H5474 with hooks^H2397, and brought^H935 him to the king^H4428 of Babylon^H894; they brought^H935 him into strongholds^H4685, that his voice^H6963 should no more be heard^H8085 upon the mountains^H2022 of Israel^H3478. 10Thy mother^H517 was like a vine^H1612, in thy blood^H1818, planted^H8362 by the waters^H4325: it was fruitful^H6509 and full of branches^H6058 by reason of many^H7227 waters^H4325. 11And it had strong^H5797 rods^H4294 for the sceptres^H7626 of them that bare rule^H4910, and their stature^H6967 was exalted^H1361 among the thick boughs^H5688, and they were seen^H7200 in their height^H1363 with the multitude^H7230 of their branches^H1808. 12But it was plucked up^H5428 in fury^H2534, it was cast down^H7993 to the ground^H776, and the east^H6921 wind^H7307 dried up^H3001 its fruit^H6529: its strong^H5797 rods^H4294 were broken^H6561 off and withered^H3001; the fire^H784 consumed^H398 them. 13And now it is planted^H8362 in the wilderness^H4057, in a dry^H6723 and thirsty^H6772 land^H776. 14And fire^H784 is gone out^H3318 of the rods^H4294 of its branches^H905, it hath devoured^H398 its fruit^H6529, so that there is in it no strong^H5797 rod^H4294 to be a sceptre^H7626 to rule^H4910. This is a lamentation^H7015, and shall be for a lamentation^H7015.