Ezekiel 19

Song of Mourning for the Leaders of Israel

1“As for you, takeH5375 upH5375 a 1songH7015 ofH7015 mourningH7015 for the 2leadersH5387 of IsraelH3478 2and sayH559, ‘3WhatH4100 was your motherH517? A lionessH3833 amongH996 lionsH738! She layH7257 downH7257 amongH8432 youngH3715 lionsH3715, She raisedH7235 her cubsH1482.3When she broughtH5927 upH5927 oneH259 of her cubsH1482, 4He becameH1961 a youngH3715 lionH3715, And he learnedH3925 to tearH2963 his preyH2964; He devouredH398 peopleH120.4Then nationsH1471 heardH8085 aboutH413 him; He was caughtH8610 in their trapH7845, And they 5broughtH935 him with hooksH2397 To the landH776 of EgyptH4714.5When she sawH7200, as she waitedH3176, That her hopeH8615 was lostH6, She tookH3947 6anotherH259 of her cubsH1482 And madeH7760 7him a youngH3715 lionH3715.6And he 8walkedH1980 aboutH1980 amongH8432 the lionsH738, He becameH1961 a youngH3715 lionH3715; He learnedH3925 to tearH2963 his preyH2964; He devouredH398 peopleH120.7He 9destroyedH7489 their 10palacesH490 And laidH2717 wasteH2717 their citiesH5892; And the landH776 and its fullnessH4393 wereH8074 appalledH8074 BecauseH4480 of the soundH6963 of his roaringH7581.8Then 11nationsH1471 setH5414 againstH5921 him On everyH5439 sideH5439 from their provincesH4082, And they spreadH6566 their netH7568 overH5921 him; He was caughtH8610 in their trapH7845.912They putH5414 him in a 13woodenH5474 collarH5474 with hooksH2397 And 14broughtH935 him to the kingH4428 of BabylonH894; They broughtH935 him in huntingH4685 netsH4685 SoH4616 thatH4616 his voiceH6963 would noH3808 longerH5750 be heardH8085 On the mountainsH2022 of IsraelH3478.10Your motherH517 was 15like a vineH1612 in your 16vineyard, PlantedH8362 by the watersH4325; It was fruitfulH6509 and thickH6058 withH6058 branchesH6058 BecauseH4480 of abundantH7227 watersH4325.11And it hadH1961 1718strongH5797 stemsH4294 fit for sceptersH7626 of rulersH4910, And its 19heightH6967 was raisedH1361 aboveH5921H996 the cloudsH5645 So that it was seenH7200 in its heightH1363 with the massH7230 of its branchesH1808.12But it was 20uprootedH5428 in furyH2534; It was 21thrownH7993 downH7993 to the groundH776; And the 22eastH6921 windH7307 driedH3001 upH3001 its fruitH6529. 23Its 24strongH5797 stemH4294 25was tornH6561 outH6561 So that 26it witheredH3001; The fireH784 consumedH398 it.13And nowH6258 it is plantedH8362 in the 27wildernessH4057, In a dryH6723 and thirstyH6772 landH776.14And 28fireH784 has goneH3318 outH3318 from its stemH4294; It has consumedH398 its shootsH909 and fruitH6529, So that there is noH3808 29strongH5797 stemH4294 in it, A scepterH7626 to ruleH4910.’” ThisH1931 is a songH7015 ofH7015 mourningH7015, and has becomeH1961 a songH7015 ofH7015 mourningH7015.