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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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A Lament Over Israel’s Princes

19 “Take up a lament(A) concerning the princes(B) of Israel and say:

“‘What a lioness(C) was your mother
    among the lions!
She lay down among them
    and reared her cubs.(D)
She brought up one of her cubs,
    and he became a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
    and he became a man-eater.
The nations heard about him,
    and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him with hooks(E)
    to the land of Egypt.(F)

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