1 Moreover take thou up 5375 a lamentation 7015 for the princes 5387 of Israel 3478,
2 And say 559, What is thy mother 517? A lioness 3833: she lay down 7257 among lions 738, she nourished 7235 her whelps 1482 among 8432 young lions 3715.
3 And she brought up 5927 one 259 of her whelps 1482: it became a young lion 3715, and it learned 3925 to catch 2963 the prey 2964; it devoured 398 men 120.
4 The nations 1471 also heard 8085 of him; he was taken 8610 in their pit 7845, and they brought 935 him with chains 2397 unto the land 776 of Egypt 4714.
5 Now when she saw 7200 that she had waited 3176, and her hope 8615 was lost 6, then she took 3947 another 259 of her whelps 1482, and made 7760 him a young lion 3715.
6 And he went up and down 1980 among 8432 the lions 738, he became a young lion 3715, and learned 3925 to catch 2963 the prey 2964, and devoured 398 men 120.
7 And he knew 3045 their desolate palaces 490, and he laid waste 2717 their cities 5892; and the land 776 was desolate 3456, and the fulness 4393 thereof, by the noise 6963 of his roaring 7581.
8 Then the nations 1471 set 5414 against him on every side 5439 from the provinces 4082, and spread 6566 their net 7568 over him: he was taken 8610 in their pit 7845.
9 And they put 5414 him in ward 5474 in chains 2397, and brought 935 him to the king 4428 of Babylon 894: they brought 935 him into holds 4685, that his voice 6963 should no more be heard 8085 upon the mountains 2022 of Israel 3478.
10 Thy mother 517 is like a vine 1612 in thy blood 1818 1818, planted 8362 by the waters 4325: she was fruitful 6509 and full of branches 6058 by reason of many 7227 waters 4325.
11 And she had strong 5797 rods 4294 for the sceptres 7626 of them that bare rule 4910, and her stature 6967 was exalted 1361 among the thick branches 5688, and she appeared 7200 in her height 1363 with the multitude 7230 of her branches 1808.
12 But she was plucked up 5428 in fury 2534, she was cast down 7993 to the ground 776, and the east 6921 wind 7307 dried up 3001 her fruit 6529: her strong 5797 rods 4294 were broken 6561 and withered 3001; the fire 784 consumed 398 them.
13 And now she is planted 8362 in the wilderness 4057, in a dry 6723 and thirsty 6772 ground 776.
14 And fire 784 is gone out 3318 of a rod 4294 of her branches 905, which hath devoured 398 her fruit 6529, so that she hath no strong 5797 rod 4294 to be a sceptre 7626 to rule 4910. This is a lamentation 7015, and shall be for a lamentation 7015.