| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1“Moreover take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, | 1"Now as for you, publish this mourning psalm about Israel's leaders. |
| 2and say: ‘What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs. | 2Tell them: 'What a lioness your mother was among lions! She reared her cubs in the midst of fierce young males. |
| 3She brought up one of her cubs, And he became a young lion; He learned to catch prey, And he devoured men. | 3She raised one cub in particular, teaching that fierce lion to become a hunter-prowler— to eat human beings. |
| 4The nations also heard of him; He was trapped in their pit, And they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt. | 4The nations heard about him. He had become caught in their trap. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. |
| 5‘When she saw that she waited, that her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion. | 5When she learned that her plans had been frustrated and that her hopes were dashed, she took another of her cubs and turned him into a fierce lion. |
| 6He roved among the lions, And became a young lion; He learned to catch prey; He devoured men. | 6He prowled around among the lions, became a strong, young lion, and learned to become a hunter-prowler— to eat human beings. |
| 7He knew their desolate places, And laid waste their cities; The land with its fullness was desolated By the noise of his roaring. | 7He raped the women, devastating their towns. The land was made desolate, and all the while the land was filled with the sound of his roaring. |
| 8Then the nations set against him from the provinces on every side, And spread their net over him; He was trapped in their pit. | 8The surrounding nations attacked. They tossed their net over him, and he was caught in their trap. |
| 9They 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. | 9They imprisoned him in a cage with hooks and brought him to the king of Babel. Then they placed him in their dungeon where his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel. |
| 10‘Your mother was like a vine in your bloodline, Planted by the waters, Fruitful and full of branches Because of many waters. | 10Your mother was like a vine entwining a pomegranate, planted by water, full of fruit, and full of branches because it had been watered generously. |
| 11She 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. | 11Strong were its boughs, suitable for use in the scepter of a ruler. It reached to the clouds, noticeable because of its height and its abundant branches. |
| 12But 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. | 12Yet in anger it was uprooted and cast down to the earth. An east wind desiccated its fruit; its strong branches broke off and withered, and a fire consumed them. |
| 13And now she is planted in the wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land. | 13Now it is planted in the desert, in a dry and thirsty land! |
| 14Fire 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. | 14Fire had burned through its branches, consuming its shoots and fruits. No strong branches remain in it, and there is no scepter to rule!' "This is a lamentation, and it is to be used in mourning." |
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