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19:1  As for you, raise a lamentation over the princes of Israel,
19:2  and say: What a lioness was your mother, a lion among lions! She made her lair among young lions, to raise her cubs;
19:3  One cub she raised up, a young lion he became; He learned to tear apart prey, he devoured people.
19:4  Nations heard about him; in their pit he was caught; They took him away with hooks to the land of Egypt.
19:5  When she realized she had waited in vain, she lost hope. She took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.
19:6  He prowled among the lions, became a young lion; He learned to tear apart prey, he devoured people.
19:7  He ravaged their strongholds, laid waste their cities. The earth and everything in it were terrified at the sound of his roar.
19:8  Nations laid out against him snares all around; They spread their net for him, in their pit he was caught.
19:9  They put him in fetters and took him away to the king of Babylon, So his roar would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel.
19:10  Your mother was like a leafy vine planted by water, Fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water.
19:11  One strong branch grew into a royal scepter. So tall it towered among the clouds, conspicuous in height, with dense foliage.
19:12  But she was torn out in fury and flung to the ground; The east wind withered her up, her fruit was plucked away; Her strongest branch dried up, fire devoured it.
19:13  Now she is planted in a wilderness, in a dry, parched land.
19:14  Fire flashed from her branch, and devoured her shoots; Now she does not have a strong branch, a royal scepter! This is a lamentation and serves as a lamentation.