Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel

And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to 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.

When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.

Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.

And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.