Lament for the Princes of Israel

19 “As for you, take up a (A)lamentation for the (B)princes of Israel and say,

[a]What was your mother?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among young lions,
She reared her cubs.
‘When she brought up one of her cubs,
He became a lion,
And he learned to tear his prey;
He devoured men.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:2 Or Why did your mother, a lioness, lie down among lions; among young lions rear her cubs?