¹ H5375 Moreover take thou up [H8798]   H7015 a lamentation H5387 for the princes H3478 of Israel,

² H559 And say [H8804]   H517 , What is thy mother H3833 ? A lioness H7257 : she lay down [H8804]   H738 among lions H7235 , she nourished [H8765]   H1482 her whelps H8432 among H3715 young lions.

³ H5927 And she brought up [H8686]   H259 one H1482 of her whelps H3715 : it became a young lion H3925 , and it learned [H8799]   H2963 to catch [H8800]   H2964 the prey H398 ; it devoured [H8804]   H120 men.

⁴ H1471 The nations H8085 also heard [H8799]   H8610 of him; he was taken [H8738]   H7845 in their pit H935 , and they brought [H8686]   H2397 him with chains H776 unto the land H4714 of Egypt.

⁵ H7200 Now when she saw [H8799]   H3176 that she had waited [H8738]   H8615 , and her hope H6 was lost [H8804]   H3947 , then she took [H8799]   H259 another H1482 of her whelps H7760 , and made [H8804]   H3715 him a young lion.

⁶ H1980 And he went up and down [H8691]   H8432 among H738 the lions H3715 , he became a young lion H3925 , and learned [H8799]   H2963 to catch [H8800]   H2964 the prey H398 , and devoured [H8804]   H120 men.

⁷ H3045 And he knew [H8799]   H490 their desolate palaces H2717 , and he laid waste [H8689]   H5892 their cities H776 ; and the land H3456 was desolate [H8799]   H4393 , and the fulness H6963 thereof, by the noise H7581 of his roaring.

⁸ H1471 Then the nations H5414 set [H8799]   H5439 against him on every side H4082 from the provinces H6566 , and spread [H8799]   H7568 their net H8610 over him: he was taken [H8738]   H7845 in their pit.

⁹ H5414 And they put [H8799]   H5474 him in ward H2397 in chains H935 , and brought [H8686]   H4428 him to the king H894 of Babylon H935 : they brought [H8686]   H4685 him into holds H6963 , that his voice H8085 should no more be heard [H8735]   H2022 upon the mountains H3478 of Israel.

¹⁰ H517 Thy mother H1612 is like a vine H1818 in thy blood [H8676]   H1818   H8362 , planted [H8803]   H4325 by the waters H6509 : she was fruitful [H8802]   H6058 and full of branches H7227 by reason of many H4325 waters.

¹¹ H5797 And she had strong H4294 rods H7626 for the sceptres H4910 of them that bare rule [H8802]   H6967 , and her stature H1361 was exalted [H8799]   H5688 among the thick branches H7200 , and she appeared [H8735]   H1363 in her height H7230 with the multitude H1808 of her branches.

¹² H5428 But she was plucked up [H8714]   H2534 in fury H7993 , she was cast down [H8717]   H776 to the ground H6921 , and the east H7307 wind H3001 dried up [H8689]   H6529 her fruit H5797 : her strong H4294 rods H6561 were broken [H8694]   H3001 and withered [H8804]   H784 ; the fire H398 consumed [H8804]   them.

¹³ H8362 And now she is planted [H8803]   H4057 in the wilderness H6723 , in a dry H6772 and thirsty H776 ground.

¹⁴ H784 And fire H3318 is gone out [H8799]   H4294 of a rod H905 of her branches H398 , which hath devoured [H8804]   H6529 her fruit H5797 , so that she hath no strong H4294 rod H7626 to be a sceptre H4910 to rule [H8800]   H7015 . This is a lamentation H7015 , and shall be for a lamentation.