A Lament for the Princes of Israel
“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel Ezk 26:17Ezk 27:22Ki 23:29-302Ki 23:342Ki 24:122Ki 24:62Ki 25:5-7Ezk 19:14 and say: Isa 11:6-9Isa 5:29Job 4:11Nam 2:11-12Psa 58:6Zec 11:3Zep 3:1-4
‘What was your mother?
A lioness among the lions!
She lay down among the young lions;
she reared her cubs.
She brought up one of her cubs, 2Ch 36:1-22Ki 23:31-32Ezk 19:6Ezk 22:25
and he became a young lion.
After learning to tear his prey,
he devoured men.
When the nations heard of him, 2Ch 36:42Ki 23:33-342Ch 36:6Jer 22:11-122Ki 23:31Jer 22:18
he was trapped in their pit.
With hooks they led him away
to the land of Egypt.
When she saw that she had waited in vain, 2Ki 23:34-37Ezk 19:3
that her hope was lost,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a young lion.
He prowled among the lions, 2Ch 36:52Ch 36:92Ki 24:1-72Ki 24:9Jer 22:13-17Jer 26:1-24Jer 36:1-32
and became a young lion.
After learning to tear his prey,
he devoured men.
He broke down their strongholds 1 Ezk 30:12Amo 6:8Ezk 12:19Ezk 22:25Mic 1:2Pro 19:12Pro 28:15-16Pro 28:3
and devastated their cities.
The land and everything in it
shuddered at the sound of his roaring.
Then the nations set out against him Ezk 12:13Ezk 19:4Lam 4:202Ki 24:1-62Ki 24:11Ezk 17:20
from the provinces on every side.
They spread their net over him;
he was trapped in their pit.
With hooks they caged him 2Ch 36:6Ezk 6:22Ki 24:15Ezk 19:7Ezk 36:1Jer 22:18-19Jer 36:30-31
and brought him to the king of Babylon.
They brought him into captivity
so that his roar was heard no longer
on the mountains of Israel.
Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, 2 Psa 80:8-11Deu 8:7Mat 21:33-41Num 24:6-7Deu 8:9Ezk 15:2-8Ezk 17:6Ezk 19:2
planted by the water;
it was fruitful and full of branches
because of the abundant waters.
It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. Ezk 31:3Dan 4:11Psa 80:15Dan 4:20-21Ezk 19:12Ezk 19:14Ezk 21:10Ezk 21:13
It towered high above the thick branches,
conspicuous for its height
and for its dense foliage.
But it was uprooted in fury, Ezk 17:10Hos 13:15Isa 27:11Ezk 15:4Ezk 19:11Jer 31:282Ki 23:292Ki 23:34
cast down to the ground,
and the east wind dried up its fruit.
Its strong branches were stripped off
and they withered;
the fire consumed them.
Now it is planted in the wilderness, Hos 2:3Ezk 19:102Ki 24:12-16Ezk 20:35Jer 52:27-31Psa 63:1Psa 68:6Deu 28:47-48
in a dry and thirsty land.
Fire has gone out from its main branch 2Ki 24:20Ezk 19:1Ezk 19:11Isa 9:18-19Psa 80:15-162Ch 36:13Amo 9:11Ezk 15:4
and devoured its fruit;
on it no strong branch remains
fit for a ruler’s scepter.’
This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”