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A Lament for Israel’s Princes

19 Moreover take up a lamentation for the officials of Israel, and say:

What was your mother?
    A lioness among lions!
She lay down among young lions;
    she nourished her whelps.
When she brought up one of her whelps,
    he became a lion
and learned to catch his prey;
    he devoured men.

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A Lament Over Israel’s Princes

19 “Take up a lament(A) concerning the princes(B) of Israel and say:

“‘What a lioness(C) was your mother
    among the lions!
She lay down among them
    and reared her cubs.(D)
She brought up one of her cubs,
    and he became a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
    and he became a man-eater.

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