1 ‘Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel
2 and say:‘ “What a lioness was your motheramong the lions!She lay down among themand reared her cubs.
3 She brought up one of her cubs,and he became a strong lion.He learned to tear the preyand he became a man-eater.
4 The nations heard about him,and he was trapped in their pit.They led him with hooksto the land of Egypt.
5 ‘ “When she saw her hope unfulfilled,her expectation gone,she took another of her cubsand made him a strong lion.
6 He prowled among the lions,for he was now a strong lion.He learned to tear the preyand he became a man-eater.