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Ezekiel 19

CHAPTER 19 A Parable of Lamentation

1 And you, take up a lamentation against the ruler of Israel! 2 And you shall say, Why [²your mother ³among ⁴cubs ⁵in ⁶the midst ⁷of lions ¹became]? In the midst of lions she multiplied her cubs. 3 And [³leaped ¹one ²of her cubs]; [²a lion ¹he became] and learned to seize by force; [²the prey ³of men ¹he ate]. 4 And [²heard ³concerning ⁴him ¹nations]; and he was seized in their corruption, and they led him in a wicker cage into the land of Egypt. 5 And she beheld that he was thrust away from her, and [²perished ¹her support], and she took another from her cubs; [³to be a lion ¹she ordered ²him]. 6 And he paced in the midst of lions; [²a lion ¹he became], and learned to seize prey, and [²men ¹he devoured]. 7 And he fed in his boldness, and [²their cities ¹made] quite desolate; and he obliterated the land and the fullness of it by the voice of his roaring. 8 And [²assailed ³against ⁴him ¹nations] round about of the places; and they spread forth upon him their nets; and in their corruption he was seized. 9 And they put him in a cage, even in a wicker cage, and they led him to the king of Babylon. And they brought him into prison, so that [²should not ³be heard ¹his voice] any more upon the mountains of Israel. 10 Your mother was as a vine, as a flower of a pomegranate [²by ³water ¹being planted]; her fruit and her bud took place because of [²water ¹much]. 11 And she became a rod of strength over a tribe of ones leading; and she was raised up high in her greatness in the midst of the trunks; and she beheld her greatness in the multitude of her branches. 12 But she was broken off in pieces in rage; [²upon ³the ⁴ground ¹she was tossed], and [²wind ¹the burning] dried her choice branches. [⁴were punished ⁵and ⁶ were dried ¹The ²rods ³of her strength]; fire consumed her. 13 And now they have planted her in the wilderness, in [²land ¹a waterless] and one thirsting. 14 And [²came forth ¹fire] from out of a rod [²choice ones ¹of her] and devoured her; and [³was not ⁴in ⁵her ¹a rod ²of strength]. [²a tribe ³for ⁴a parable ⁵of lamentation ¹She is], and will be for a lamentation.