19:1 Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
19:1 "As for you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

19:2 and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
19:2 and say, 'What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs.

19:3 And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
19:3 'When she brought up one of her cubs, He became a lion, And he learned to tear [his] prey; He devoured men.

19:4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.
19:4 'Then nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.

19:5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
19:5 'When she saw, as she waited, [That] her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs And made him a young lion.

19:6 And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
19:6 'And he walked about among the lions; He became a young lion, He learned to tear [his] prey; He devoured men.

19:7 And he knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring.
19:7 'And he destroyed their fortified towers And laid waste their cities; And the land and its fulness were appalled Because of the sound of his roaring.

19:8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.
19:8 'Then nations set against him On every side from [their] provinces, And they spread their net over him; He was captured in their pit.

19:9 And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
19:9 'And they put him in a cage with hooks And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in hunting nets So that his voice should be heard no more On the mountains of Israel.

19:10 Thy mother was like a vine, in thy blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
19:10 'Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, Planted by the waters; It was fruitful and full of branches Because of abundant waters.

19:11 And it had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.
19:11 'And it had strong branches [fit] for scepters of rulers, And its height was raised above the clouds So that it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.

19:12 But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.
19:12 'But it was plucked up in fury; It was cast down to the ground; And the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branch was torn off So that it withered; The fire consumed it.

19:13 And now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
19:13 'And now it is planted in the wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land.

19:14 And fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it hath devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
19:14 'And fire has gone out from [its] branch; It has consumed its shoots [and] fruit, So that there is not in it a strong branch, A scepter to rule.' "This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.