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Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
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Sing the blues over the princes of Israel.
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"Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel
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"Moreover take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
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"Sing this funeral song for the princes of Israel:
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And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
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Say: What a lioness was your mother among lions! She crouched in a pride of young lions. Her cubs grew large.
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and say: "'What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs.
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and say: "What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.
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`What is your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs.
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And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
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She reared one of her cubs to maturity, a robust young lion. He learned to hunt. He ate men.
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She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he devoured men.
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She brought up one of her cubs, And he became a young lion; He learned to catch prey, And he devoured men.
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She raised one of her cubs to become a strong young lion. He learned to catch and devour prey, and he became a man-eater.
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The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
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Nations sounded the alarm. He was caught in a trap. They took him with hooks and dragged him to Egypt.
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The nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
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The nations also heard of him; He was trapped in their pit, And they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.
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Then the nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him away in chains to the land of Egypt.
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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.
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When the lioness saw she was luckless, that her hope for that cub was gone, She took her other cub and made him a strong young lion.
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"'When she saw her hope unfulfilled, her expectation gone, she took another of her cubs and made him a strong lion.
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"When she saw that she waited, that her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
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`When the mother lion saw that all her hopes for him were gone, she took another of her cubs and taught him to be a strong lion.
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And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
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He prowled with the lions, a robust young lion. He learned to hunt. He ate men.
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He prowled among the lions, for he was now a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he devoured men.
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He roved among the lions, And became a young lion; He learned to catch prey; He devoured men.
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He prowled among the other lions and became a leader among them. He learned to catch and devour prey, and he, too, became a man-eater.
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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.
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He rampaged through their defenses, left their cities in ruins. The country and everyone in it was terrorized by the roars of the lion.
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He broke down their strongholds and devastated their towns. The land and all who were in it were terrified by his roaring.
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He knew their desolate places, And laid waste their cities; The land with its fullness was desolated By the noise of his roaring.
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He demolished fortresses in nearby nations and destroyed their towns and cities. Their farms were desolated, and their crops were destroyed. Everyone in the land trembled in fear when they heard him roar.
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Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
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The nations got together to hunt him. Everyone joined the hunt. They set out their traps and caught him.
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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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Then the nations set against him from the provinces on every side, And spread their net over him; He was trapped in their pit.
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Then the armies of the nations attacked him, surrounding him from every direction. They spread out their nets for him and captured him in their pit.
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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.
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They put a wooden collar on him and took him to the king of Babylon. No more would that voice be heard disturbing the peace in the mountains of Israel!
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With hooks they pulled him into a cage and brought him to the king of Babylon. They put him in prison, so his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
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They put him in a cage with chains, And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in nets, That his voice should no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel.
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With hooks, they dragged him into a cage and brought him before the king of Babylon. They held him in captivity, so his voice could never again be heard on the mountains of Israel.
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Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
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Here's another way to put it: Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard, transplanted alongside streams of water, Luxurious in branches and grapes because of the ample water.
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"'Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water.
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"Your mother was like a vine in your bloodline, Planted by the waters, Fruitful and full of branches Because of many waters.
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`Your mother was like a vine planted by the water's edge. It had lush, green foliage because of the abundant water.
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And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
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It grew sturdy branches fit to be carved into a royal scepter. It grew high, reaching into the clouds. Its branches filled the horizon, and everyone could see it.
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Its branches were strong, fit for a ruler's scepter. It towered high above the thick foliage, conspicuous for its height and for its many branches.
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She had strong branches for scepters of rulers. She towered in stature above the thick branches, And was seen in her height amid the dense foliage.
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Its branches became very strong, strong enough to be a ruler's scepter. It soon became very tall, towering above all the others. It stood out because of its height and because of its many lush branches.
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But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
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Then it was ripped up in a rage and thrown to the ground. The hot east wind shriveled it up and stripped its fruit. The sturdy branches dried out, fit for nothing but kindling.
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But it was uprooted in fury and thrown to the ground. The east wind made it shrivel, it was stripped of its fruit; its strong branches withered and fire consumed them.
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But she was plucked up in fury, She was cast down to the ground, And the east wind dried her fruit. Her strong branches were broken and withered; The fire consumed them.
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But the vine was uprooted in fury and thrown down to the ground. The desert wind dried up its fruit and tore off its branches. Its stem was destroyed by fire.
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And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
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Now it's a stick stuck out in the desert, a bare stick in a desert of death,
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Now it is planted in the desert, in a dry and thirsty land.
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And now she is planted in the wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land.
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Now the vine is growing in the wilderness, where the ground is hard and dry.
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And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
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Good for nothing but making fires, campfires in the desert. Not a hint now of those sturdy branches fit for use as a royal scepter! (This is a sad song, a text for singing the blues.)
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Fire spread from one of its main branches and consumed its fruit. No strong branch is left on it fit for a ruler's scepter.' This is a lament and is to be used as a lament."
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Fire has come out from a rod of her branches And devoured her fruit, So that she has no strong branch-- a scepter for ruling."' This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.
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A fire has come from its branches and devoured its fruit. None of the remaining limbs is strong enough to be a ruler's scepter.' This is a funeral song, and it is now time for the funeral."
