“Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel”
Ezekiel 19
11 of 14 verses have a reading · Berean Standard Bible
1"As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel
2and say: 'What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
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3She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
“and she brought up one of her whelps and it became a young lion and learned to catch the prey and it devoured men.”
4When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
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5When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
“Now, when she saw that she had waited and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps and made him a young lion.”
“Now when she saw that mother saw that she had waited and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelks and made him a young lion,”
6He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
“And he went up and down among the lions and he became a young lion and learned to catch the prey and devoured men.”
“and he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion and learned to catch the prey and devoured men.”
7He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.
“And he knew their desolate palaces and he laid waste their cities and the land was desolate and the fullness thereof by the noise of his roaring.”
8Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.
“Then the nation set against him on every side from the provinces and spread their net over him and he was taken in their pit.”
9With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
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10Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.
“thy mother is like a vine in thy blood. Planted by the water she was fruitful, full of branches by reason of many waters.”
“Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters. She was fruitful, full of branches, by reason of many waters.”
11It had strong branches, fit for a ruler's scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage.
“And she had a strong rods for the scepters of them that bear rule. And her stature was exalted among the thick branches and she appeared in her height with a multitude of her branches,”
12But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.
“but she was plucked up in fury. She was cast down to the ground and the east wind dried up her fruit and her strong rods were broken and withered. The fire consumed them”
13Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
“and now she is planted in the wilderness in a dry and a thirsty ground”
14Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler's scepter.' This is a lament and shall be used as a lament."
“and fire is gone out of a rod of her branches which hath devoured her fruit so that she hath no strong rod to be a scepter to rule. This is a lamentation and shall be a lamentation.”