Ezekiel 19 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Moreover do thou take up a lamentation for the prince of Israel, And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, “Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel
2 and say, Why is thy mother become a whelp in the midst of lions? in the midst of lions she has multiplied her whelps. and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs. and say: “’What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among them and reared her cubs.
3 And one of her whelps sprang forth; he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men. And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men. She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.
4 And the nations heard a report of him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him into the land of Egypt in chains. The nations heard about him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. The nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
5 And she saw that he was driven away from her, and her hope of him perished, and she took another of her whelps; she made him a lion. When she saw that she waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion. “’When she saw her hope unfulfilled, her expectation gone, she took another of her cubs and made him a strong lion.
6 And he went up and down in the midst of lions, he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men. He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men, He prowled among the lions, for he was now a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.
7 And he prowled in his boldness and laid waste their cities, and made the land desolate, and the fullness of it, by the voice of his roaring. and seized their widows. He laid waste their cities, and the land was appalled and all who were in it at the sound of his roaring. He broke down their strongholds and devastated their towns. The land and all who were in it were terrified by his roaring.
8 Then the nations set upon him from the countries round about, and they spread their nets upon him: he was taken in their pit. Then the nations set against him from provinces on every side; they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit. Then the nations came against him, those from regions round about. They spread their net for him, and he was trapped in their pit.
9 And they put him in chains and in a cage, and he came to the king of Babylon; and he cast him into prison, that his voice should not be heard on the mountains of Israel. With hooks they put him in a cage and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into custody, that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel. 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.
10 Thy mother was as a vine and as a blossom on a pomegranate tree, planted by water: her fruit and her shoot abounded by reason of much water. Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard planted by the water, fruitful and full of branches by reason of abundant water. “’Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water.
11 And she became a rod for a tribe of princes, and was elevated in her bulk in the midst of other trees, and she saw her bulk in the multitude of her branches. Its strong stems became rulers’ scepters; it towered aloft among the thick boughs; it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches. 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.
12 But she was broken down in wrath, she was cast upon the ground, and the east wind dried up her choice branches : vengeance came upon them, and the rod of her strength was withered; fire consumed it. But the vine was plucked up in fury, cast down to the ground; the east wind dried up its fruit; they were stripped off and withered. As for its strong stem, fire consumed it. 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.
13 And now they have planted her in the wilderness, in a dry land. Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. Now it is planted in the desert, in a dry and thirsty land.
14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her choice boughs , and has devoured her; and there was no rod of strength in her. Her race is become a parable of lamentation, and it shall be for a lamentation. And fire has gone out from the stem of its shoots, has consumed its fruit, so that there remains in it no strong stem, no scepter for ruling. This is a lamentation and has become a lamentation. 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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