Moreover take thou up{H5375}{(H8798)} a lamentation{H7015} for the princes{H5387} of Israel{H3478},

And say{H559}{(H8804)}, What is thy mother{H517}? A lioness{H3833}: she lay down{H7257}{(H8804)} among lions{H738}, she nourished{H7235}{(H8765)} her whelps{H1482} among{H8432} young lions{H3715}.

And she brought up{H5927}{(H8686)} one{H259} of her whelps{H1482}: it became a young lion{H3715}, and it learned{H3925}{(H8799)} to catch{H2963}{(H8800)} the prey{H2964}; it devoured{H398}{(H8804)} men{H120}.

The nations{H1471} also heard{H8085}{(H8799)} of him; he was taken{H8610}{(H8738)} in their pit{H7845}, and they brought{H935}{(H8686)} him with chains{H2397} unto the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}.

Now when she saw{H7200}{(H8799)} that she had waited{H3176}{(H8738)}, and her hope{H8615} was lost{H6}{(H8804)}, then she took{H3947}{(H8799)} another{H259} of her whelps{H1482}, and made{H7760}{(H8804)} him a young lion{H3715}.

And he went up and down{H1980}{(H8691)} among{H8432} the lions{H738}, he became a young lion{H3715}, and learned{H3925}{(H8799)} to catch{H2963}{(H8800)} the prey{H2964}, and devoured{H398}{(H8804)} men{H120}.

And he knew{H3045}{(H8799)} their desolate palaces{H490}, and he laid waste{H2717}{(H8689)} their cities{H5892}; and the land{H776} was desolate{H3456}{(H8799)}, and the fulness{H4393} thereof, by the noise{H6963} of his roaring{H7581}.

Then the nations{H1471} set{H5414}{(H8799)} against him on every side{H5439} from the provinces{H4082}, and spread{H6566}{(H8799)} their net{H7568} over him: he was taken{H8610}{(H8738)} in their pit{H7845}.

And they put{H5414}{(H8799)} him in ward{H5474} in chains{H2397}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} him to the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}: they brought{H935}{(H8686)} him into holds{H4685}, that his voice{H6963} should no more be heard{H8085}{(H8735)} upon the mountains{H2022} of Israel{H3478}.

Thy mother{H517} is like a vine{H1612} in thy blood{H1818}{(H8676)}{H1818}, planted{H8362}{(H8803)} by the waters{H4325}: she was fruitful{H6509}{(H8802)} and full of branches{H6058} by reason of many{H7227} waters{H4325}.

And she had strong{H5797} rods{H4294} for the sceptres{H7626} of them that bare rule{H4910}{(H8802)}, and her stature{H6967} was exalted{H1361}{(H8799)} among the thick branches{H5688}, and she appeared{H7200}{(H8735)} in her height{H1363} with the multitude{H7230} of her branches{H1808}.

But she was plucked up{H5428}{(H8714)} in fury{H2534}, she was cast down{H7993}{(H8717)} to the ground{H776}, and the east{H6921} wind{H7307} dried up{H3001}{(H8689)} her fruit{H6529}: her strong{H5797} rods{H4294} were broken{H6561}{(H8694)} and withered{H3001}{(H8804)}; the fire{H784} consumed{H398}{(H8804)} them.

And now she is planted{H8362}{(H8803)} in the wilderness{H4057}, in a dry{H6723} and thirsty{H6772} ground{H776}.

And fire{H784} is gone out{H3318}{(H8799)} of a rod{H4294} of her branches{H905}, which hath devoured{H398}{(H8804)} her fruit{H6529}, so that she hath no strong{H5797} rod{H4294} to be a sceptre{H7626} to rule{H4910}{(H8800)}. This is a lamentation{H7015}, and shall be for a lamentation{H7015}.