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.
7 He ravaged their strongholds,laid waste their cities.The earth and everything in it were terrifiedat the sound of his roar.
8 Nations laid out against himsnares all around;They spread their net for him,in their pit he was caught.
9 They put him in fetters and took him awayto the king of Babylon,So his roar would no longer be heardon the mountains of Israel.
10 Your mother was like a leafy vineplanted by water,Fruitful and full of branchesbecause of abundant water.
11 One strong branch grewinto a royal scepter.So tall it towered among the clouds,conspicuous in height,with dense foliage.
12 But she was torn out in furyand flung to the ground;The east wind withered her up,her fruit was plucked away;Her strongest branch dried up,fire devoured it.
13 Now she is planted in a wilderness,in a dry, parched land.
14 Fire flashed from her branch,and devoured her shoots;Now she does not have a strong branch,a royal scepter!This is a lamentation and serves as a lamentation.