1. As for you, raise a lamentation over the princes of Israel,
2. and say:What a lioness was your mother,a lion among lions!She made her lair among young lions,to raise her cubs;
3. One cub she raised up,a young lion he became;He learned to tear apart prey,he devoured people.
4. Nations heard about him;in their pit he was caught;They took him away with hooksto the land of Egypt.
5. When she realized she had waited in vain,she lost hope.She took another of her cubs,and made him a young lion.
6. He prowled among the lions,became a young lion;He learned to tear apart prey,he devoured people.