Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.
Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
And he knew their {Or, windows}palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring.
Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.
And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
Thy mother was like a vine, {Or, in thy likeness}in thy blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
And it had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and {Hebrew: his.}their stature was exalted among the {Or, clouds}thick boughs, and {Hebrew: he was.}they were seen in {Hebrew: his.}their height with the multitude of {Hebrew: his.}their branches.
But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.
And now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
And fire is gone out of {Or, a rod}the rods of its branches, it hath devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
Querverweise zu Hesekiel 19,7 Hes 19,7
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.
and say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in dismay, that her land may be desolate, and despoiled of {Hebrew: the fullness thereof.}all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion;But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
And I will make the rivers dry, and will sell the land into the hand of evil men; and I will make the land desolate, and {Hebrew: the fullness thereof.}all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
A needy man that oppresseth the poorIs like a sweeping rain {Hebrew: without food.}which leaveth no food.
The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by himself, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts: I abhor the {Or, pride}excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces; therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear,So is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Hear, ye peoples, all of you; hearken, O earth, and {Hebrew: the fullness thereof.}all that therein is: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness {Or, among}against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
{Or, O prince that lackest understanding and art a great oppressor, He &c.}The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor;But he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.