- "Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel
- and say: " 'What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs.
- She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he devoured men.
- The nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
- " 'When she saw her hope unfulfilled, her expectation gone, she took another of her cubs and made him a strong lion.
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- "As for you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel
- and say, '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.
- 'Then nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.
- 'When she saw, as she waited, That her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs And made him a young lion.
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