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19 “Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, and say,

‘What was your mother?
    A lioness.
She couched among lions,
    in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
She brought up one of her cubs.
    He became a young lion.
He learned to catch the prey.
    He devoured men.
The nations also heard of him.
    He was taken in their pit;
    and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

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Song of Mourning for the Leaders of Israel

19 “As for you, take up a (A)song of mourning for the (B)leaders of Israel and say,

[a]What was your mother?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among young lions,
She raised her cubs.
When she brought up one of her cubs,
(C)He became a young lion,
And he learned to tear his prey;
He devoured people.
Then nations heard about him;
He was caught in their trap,
And they (D)brought him with hooks
To the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:2 Or Why did your mother, a lioness, lie down among lions; among young lions rear her cubs?