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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Notas al pie

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

A Prophecy against Israel’s Nobles

19 “Now as for you, publish[a] this mourning psalm about Israel’s leaders. Tell them:

‘What a lioness your mother was among lions!
    She reared her cubs in the midst of fierce young males.
She raised one cub in particular,
    teaching that fierce lion to become a hunter-prowler—
        to eat human beings.
The nations heard about him.
    He had become caught in their trap.[b]
They brought him with hooks
    to the land of Egypt.

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Notas al pie

  1. Ezekiel 19:1 Lit. sound forth
  2. Ezekiel 19:4 Lit. pit