Ezekiel 19

¹“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel

²and say:

³She brought up one of her cubs,

⁴When the nations heard of him,

⁵When she saw that she had waited in vain,

⁶He prowled among the lions,

⁷He broke down their strongholds 19:7 Or He knew their widows or He seized their widows

⁸Then the nations set out against him

⁹With hooks they caged him

¹⁰Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard,19:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts in your bloodline

¹¹It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter.

¹²But it was uprooted in fury,

¹³Now it is planted in the wilderness,

¹⁴Fire has gone out from its main branch