Ezekiel Chapter 19 (NIV)
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A Lament for Israel’s Princes“Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel
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and say:“‘What a lioness was your motheramong the lions!She lay down among the young lionsand reared her cubs.
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She brought up one of her cubs,and he became a strong lion.He learned to tear the preyand he devoured men.
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The nations heard about him,and he was trapped in their pit.They led him with hooksto the land of Egypt.
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“‘When she saw her hope unfulfilled,her expectation gone,she took another of her cubsand made him a strong lion.
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He prowled among the lions,for he was now a strong lion.He learned to tear the preyand he devoured men.
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He broke down their strongholdsand devastated their towns.The land and all who were in itwere terrified by his roaring.
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Then the nations came against him,those from regions round about.They spread their net for him,and he was trapped in their pit.
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With hooks they pulled him into a cageand brought him to the king of Babylon.They put him in prison,so his roar was heard no longeron the mountains of Israel.
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“‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyardplanted by the water;it was fruitful and full of branchesbecause of abundant water.
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Its branches were strong,fit for a ruler’s scepter.It towered highabove the thick foliage,conspicuous for its heightand for its many branches.
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But it was uprooted in furyand thrown to the ground.The east wind made it shrivel,it was stripped of its fruit;its strong branches witheredand fire consumed them.
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Now it is planted in the desert,in a dry and thirsty land.
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Fire spread from one of its main branchesand consumed its fruit.No strong branch is left on itfit for a ruler’s scepter.’This is a lament and is to be used as a lament.”
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