Moreover take thou up <H5375> a lamentation <H7015> for the princes <H5387> of Israel, <H3478>
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And say, <H0559> What [is] thy mother? <H0517> A lioness: <H3833> she lay down <H7257> among lions, <H0738> she nourished <H7235> her whelps <H1484> among <H8432> young lions. <H3715>
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And she brought up <H5927> one <H0259> of her whelps: <H1484> it became a young lion, <H3715> and it learned <H3925> to catch <H2963> the prey; <H2964> it devoured <H0398> men. <H0120>
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The nations <H1471> also heard <H8085> of him; he was taken <H8610> in their pit, <H7845> and they brought <H0935> him with chains <H2397> unto the land <H0776> of Egypt. <H4714>
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Now when she saw <H7200> that she had waited, <H3176> [and] her hope <H8615> was lost, <H0006> then she took <H3947> another <H0259> of her whelps, <H1484> [and] made <H7760> him a young lion. <H3715>
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And he went up and down <H1980> among <H8432> the lions, <H0738> he became a young lion, <H3715> and learned <H3925> to catch <H2963> the prey, <H2964> [and] devoured <H0398> men. <H0120>
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And he knew <H3045> their desolate palaces, <H0490> and he laid waste <H2717> their cities; <H5892> and the land <H0776> was desolate, <H3456> and the fulness <H4393> thereof, by the noise <H6963> of his roaring. <H7581>
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Then the nations <H1471> set <H5414> against him on every side <H5439> from the provinces, <H4082> and spread <H6566> their net <H7568> over him: he was taken <H8610> in their pit. <H7845>
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And they put <H5414> him in ward <H5474> in chains, <H2397> and brought <H0935> him to the king <H4428> of Babylon: <H0894> they brought <H0935> him into holds, <H4685> that his voice <H6963> should no more be heard <H8085> upon the mountains <H2022> of Israel. <H3478>
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Thy mother <H0517> [is] like a vine <H1612> in thy blood, <H1818> <H1818> planted <H8362> by the waters: <H4325> she was fruitful <H6509> and full of branches <H6058> by reason of many <H7227> waters. <H4325>
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And she had strong <H5797> rods <H4294> for the sceptres <H7626> of them that bare rule, <H4910> and her stature <H6967> was exalted <H1361> among the thick branches, <H5688> and she appeared <H7200> in her height <H1363> with the multitude <H7230> of her branches. <H1808>
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But she was plucked up <H5428> in fury, <H2534> she was cast down <H7993> to the ground, <H0776> and the east <H6921> wind <H7307> dried up <H3001> her fruit: <H6529> her strong <H5797> rods <H4294> were broken <H6561> and withered; <H3001> the fire <H0784> consumed <H0398> them.
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And now she [is] planted <H8362> in the wilderness, <H4057> in a dry <H6723> and thirsty <H6772> ground. <H0776>
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And fire <H0784> is gone out <H3318> of a rod <H4294> of her branches, <H0905> [which] hath devoured <H0398> her fruit, <H6529> so that she hath no strong <H5797> rod <H4294> [to be] a sceptre <H7626> to rule. <H4910> This [is] a lamentation, <H7015> and shall be for a lamentation. <H7015>