1. “Now, lament for the princes of Israel
2. and say:What was your mother? A lioness!She lay down among the lions;she reared her cubs among the young lions.
3. She brought up one of her cubs,and he became a young lion. After he learned to tear prey,he devoured people.
4. When the nations heard about him,he was caught in their pit.Then they led him away with hooksto the land of Egypt.
5. When she saw that she waited in vain,that her hope was lost,she took another of her cubsand made him a young lion.
6. He prowled among the lions, and he became a young lion.After he learned to tear prey,he devoured people.
7. He devastated their strongholds and destroyed their cities.The land and everything in it shudderedat the sound of his roaring.
8. Then the nations from the surrounding provincesset out against him. They spread their net over him;he was caught in their pit.
9. They put a wooden yoke on him with hooks and led him away to the king of Babylon.They brought him into the fortressesso his roar could no longer be heardon the mountains of Israel.