Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
“As
for
you,
take up a lament
for the princes of Israel
Moreover
take thou
up a lamentation
for the princes of Israel ,
and say :
‘
What was
your
mother? A lioness among
the
lions!
She lay down among the
young
lions ;
she reared
her cubs
.
And say ,
What is
thy
mother? A lioness :
she lay down among lions ,
she nourished
her whelps
among
young
lions
.
She brought up one of her cubs,
and
he
became a young lion .
After
learning
to tear
his
prey ,
he
devoured men.
And
she brought up one of her whelps:
it
became a young lion ,
and
it
learned
to catch
the
prey ;
it
devoured men.
When
the nations heard of him ,
he was trapped
in their pit .
With
hooks
they led
him away
to
the land of Egypt.
The nations also
heard of him ;
he was taken
in their pit ,
and
they brought
him with
chains
unto
the land of Egypt.
When she saw that she had waited in
vain
, that
her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs
and made him a young lion.
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.
He prowled
among the lions, and
became a young lion .
After
learning
to tear
his
prey, he
devoured men.
And
he went
up
and
down
among the lions, he
became a young lion ,
and
learned
to catch
the
prey, and
devoured men.
He broke
down
their strongholds
and devastated
their cities .
The land and everything
in
it
shuddered
at
the sound
of his roaring.
And
he knew
their desolate
palaces,
and he
laid
waste
their cities ;
and
the land was
desolate,
and the fulness
thereof,
by
the
noise
of his roaring.
Then the nations set out
against him from
the
provinces
on every side .
They
spread their net over him ;
he was trapped
in their pit.
Then the nations set against him on every side from
the
provinces,
and
spread their net over him :
he was taken
in their pit.
With
hooks
they caged
him 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.
And
they put
him in
ward
in
chains,
and brought him to the king of Babylon :
they brought him into holds,
that his voice
should
no more
be
heard
upon
the mountains of Israel.
Your
mother was
like a vine in your
vineyard
, planted by the water;
it
was fruitful and full of branches because
of the
abundant
waters.
Thy
mother is
like a vine in thy
blood
, planted by the waters:
she
was fruitful and full of branches by
reason
of many
waters.
It
had strong branches,
fit
for a
ruler’s
scepter.
It
towered
high
above
the thick branches, conspicuous
for
its
height
and for
its
dense
foliage
.
And
she
had strong rods
for the sceptres
of
them
that
bare
rule,
and
her
stature
was
exalted
among
the
thick branches, and she
appeared
in
her
height
with
the
multitude
of
her
branches
.
But it
was uprooted
in fury, 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.
But she
was plucked
up
in fury, she
was
cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her
fruit :
her
strong rods
were broken
and withered; the fire consumed them.
Now it
is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land
.
And
now she
is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground
.
Fire has
gone out from
its
main
branch
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
. ”
And
fire is
gone out of
a
rod
of
her
branches,
which
hath
devoured her
fruit ,
so
that
she
hath
no strong rod
to
be
a sceptre
to
rule
. This is a lamentation,
and shall be for
a lamentation
.
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