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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 mother’s sons

19 You, raise a lament for Israel’s princes. Say:

What a lioness among lionesses was your mother!
    She bedded down among the strong young lions and reared her cubs.
    She singled out one of her cubs and he became a strong young lion;
    he learned to tear flesh and devour humans.
When the nations heard about him, they caught him in their trap
    and carried him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

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