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Ezekiel 19

A Funeral Song for Israel's Kings
 1  "Sing this funeral song for the princes of Israel:

 2  "What is your mother?
  A lioness among lions!
She lay down among the young lions
  and reared her cubs.
 3  She raised one of her cubs
  to become a strong young lion.
He learned to hunt and devour prey,
  and he became a man-eater.
 4  Then the nations heard about him,
  and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him away with hooks
  to the land of Egypt.

 5  "When the lioness saw
  that her hopes for him were gone,
she took another of her cubs
  and taught him to be a strong young lion.
 6  He prowled among the other lions
  and stood out among them in his strength.
He learned to hunt and devour prey,
  and he, too, became a man-eater.
 7  He demolished fortresses [7] 
  and destroyed their towns and cities.
Their farms were desolated,
  and their crops were destroyed.
The land and its people trembled in fear
  when they heard him roar.
 8  Then the armies of the nations attacked him,
  surrounding him from every direction.
They threw a net over him
  and captured him in their pit.
 9  With hooks, they dragged him into a cage
  and brought him before the king of Babylon.
They held him in captivity,
  so his voice could never again be heard
  on the mountains of Israel.

 10  "Your mother was like a vine
  planted by the water's edge.
It had lush, green foliage
  because of the abundant water.
 11  Its branches became strong—
  strong enough to be a ruler's scepter.
It grew very tall,
  towering above all others.
It stood out because of its height
  and its many lush branches.
 12  But the vine was uprooted in fury
  and thrown down to the ground.
The desert wind dried up its fruit
  and tore off its strong branches,
so that it withered
  and was destroyed by fire.
 13  Now the vine is transplanted to the wilderness,
  where the ground is hard and dry.
 14  A fire has burst out from its branches
  and devoured its fruit.
Its remaining limbs are not
  strong enough to be a ruler's scepter.

"This is a funeral song, and it will be used in a funeral."
<<  19:7 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads He knew widows.