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19 »En cuanto a ti, Ezequiel, canta este canto fúnebre a los gobernantes de Israel:

»Tu mamá era como una leona
    en medio de bestias salvajes,
agachada entre los leones,
    ella cría a sus cachorros.
A uno lo crió
    y llegó a ser el líder de los leones.
Aprendió a atrapar a su presa
    y a devorar a los hombres.

»Las naciones escucharon su rugido
    y lo capturaron en sus trampas.
Lo encadenaron
    y se lo llevaron vivo a Egipto.

»Al ver que el tiempo pasaba,
    la leona perdió las esperanzas de verlo regresar.
Así que eligió a otro de sus cachorros
    y lo convirtió en un león feroz.
Este león empezó a pasearse orgulloso entre las leonas,
    ya que él era el nuevo líder de los leones.
Aprendió a atrapar a sus presas
    y a devorar a los hombres.
Tenía relaciones con sus viudas
    y destruía sus ciudades.
Todos los habitantes estaban amedrentados
    con su rugido.
Las naciones vecinas lo atacaron.
    Le echaron una red
    y el león cayó en su trampa.
Después lo encadenaron
    y enjaulado lo llevaron al rey de Babilonia,
quien lo puso en un calabozo
    para que su rugido ya no pudiera oírse
    en los montes de Israel.

10 »Tu mamá es como una vid fructífera
    porque estaba plantada cerca de los canales de irrigación.
Es fructífera y frondosa
    gracias al agua abundante.
11 Sus fuertes ramas crecieron muy altas
    y se convirtieron en cetros de gobernantes.
Creció tanto que llegó hasta las nubes,
    era tan alta que se veía desde lejos,
    se notaba porque era un árbol frondoso.
12 Pero en ira fue desenraizada
    y arrojada al suelo.
Luego el caluroso viento del oriente marchitó sus frutos
    haciéndolos caer del árbol y secándolos.
    Y las ramas fuertes fueron destruidas en el fuego.

13 »Y ahora está plantada en el desierto,
    en tierra árida y reseca.
14 El fuego sale de sus ramas
    y consume sus frutos.
De manera que ya no tiene ramas fuertes
    ni ningún cetro sale de sus ramas.

Este es un canto fúnebre, y debe cantarse como tal».

Israel Degraded

19 As for you, raise up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, and say:

What a lioness was your mother
    among lions!
She lay down among young lions,
    rearing her cubs.
She raised up one of her cubs;
    he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch prey;
    he devoured humans.
The nations sounded an alarm against him;
    he was caught in their pit;
and they brought him with hooks
    to the land of Egypt.
When she saw that she was thwarted,
    that her hope was lost,
she took another of her cubs
    and made him a young lion.
He prowled among the lions;
    he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch prey;
    he devoured people.
And he ravaged their strongholds,[a]
    and laid waste their towns;
the land was appalled, and all in it,
    at the sound of his roaring.
The nations set upon him
    from the provinces all around;
they spread their net over him;
    he was caught in their pit.
With hooks they put him in a cage,
    and brought him to the king of Babylon;
    they brought him into custody,
so that his voice should be heard no more
    on the mountains of Israel.
10 Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard[b]
    transplanted by the water,
fruitful and full of branches
    from abundant water.
11 Its strongest stem became
    a ruler’s sceptre;[c]
it towered aloft
    among the thick boughs;
it stood out in its height
    with its mass of branches.
12 But it was plucked up in fury,
    cast down to the ground;
the east wind dried it up;
    its fruit was stripped off,
its strong stem was withered;
    the fire consumed it.
13 Now it is transplanted into the wilderness,
    into a dry and thirsty land.
14 And fire has gone out from its stem,
    has consumed its branches and fruit,
so that there remains in it no strong stem,
    no sceptre for ruling.

This is a lamentation, and it is used as a lamentation.

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:7 Heb his widows
  2. Ezekiel 19:10 Cn: Heb in your blood
  3. Ezekiel 19:11 Heb Its strongest stems became rulers’ sceptres

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)

“‘When she saw her hope unfulfilled,
    her expectation gone,
she took another of her cubs(G)
    and made him a strong lion.(H)
He prowled among the lions,
    for he was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
    and he became a man-eater.(I)
He broke down[a] their strongholds
    and devastated(J) their towns.
The land and all who were in it
    were terrified by his roaring.
Then the nations(K) came against him,
    those from regions round about.
They spread their net(L) for him,
    and he was trapped in their pit.(M)
With hooks(N) they pulled him into a cage
    and brought him to the king of Babylon.(O)
They put him in prison,
    so his roar(P) was heard no longer
    on the mountains of Israel.(Q)

10 “‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard[b](R)
    planted by the water;(S)
it was fruitful and full of branches
    because of abundant water.(T)
11 Its branches were strong,
    fit for a ruler’s scepter.
It towered high
    above the thick foliage,
conspicuous for its height
    and for its many branches.(U)
12 But it was uprooted(V) in fury
    and thrown to the ground.
The east wind(W) made it shrivel,
    it was stripped of its fruit;
its strong branches withered
    and fire consumed them.(X)
13 Now it is planted in the desert,(Y)
    in a dry and thirsty land.(Z)
14 Fire spread from one of its main[c] branches
    and consumed(AA) its fruit.
No strong branch is left on it
    fit for a ruler’s scepter.’(AB)

“This is a lament(AC) and is to be used as a lament.”

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:7 Targum (see Septuagint); Hebrew He knew
  2. Ezekiel 19:10 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts your blood
  3. Ezekiel 19:14 Or from under its