Moreover, take thou up{H5375} a lamentation{H7015} for the princes{H5387} of Israel,{H3478}

and 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}

And 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}

The 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}

Now 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}

And 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}

And 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}

Then 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}

And 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}

Thy 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}

And 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}

But 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.

And now it is planted{H8362} in the wilderness,{H4057} in a dry{H6723} and thirsty{H6772} land.{H776}

And 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}