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Ezekiel 19

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ “Now, lament for the princes of Israel ⓐ

² and say: What was your mother? A lioness! She lay down among the lions; she reared her cubs among the young lions.

³ She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. ⓑ After he learned to tear prey, he devoured people.

⁴ When the nations heard about him, he was caught in their pit. Then they led him away with hooks to the land of Egypt. ⓒ

⁵ 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.

⁶ He prowled among the lions, ⓓ and he became a young lion. After he learned to tear prey, he devoured people.

⁷ He devastated their strongholds [1] and destroyed their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.

⁸ Then the nations from the surrounding provinces set out against him. ⓔ They spread their net over him; he was caught in their pit.

⁹ They put a wooden yoke on him [2] with hooks ⓕ and led him away to the king of Babylon. They brought him into the fortresses so his roar could no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel. ⓖ

¹⁰ Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, [3] ⓗ planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches ⓘ because of plentiful waters.

¹¹ It had strong branches, fit for the scepters of rulers; its height towered among the clouds. [4] So it was conspicuous for its height as well as its many branches.

¹² But it was uprooted in fury, ⓙ thrown to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were torn off and dried up; ⓚ fire consumed them.

¹³ Now it is planted in the wilderness, ⓛ in a dry and thirsty land.

¹⁴ Fire has gone out from its main branch [5] and has devoured its fruit, so that it no longer has a strong branch, a scepter for ruling. ⓜ This is a lament and should be used as a lament.”

#	HCSB
1	“Now, lament for the princes of Israel ⓐ
2	and say: What was your mother? A lioness! She lay down among the lions; she reared her cubs among the young lions.
3	She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. ⓑ After he learned to tear prey, he devoured people.
4	When the nations heard about him, he was caught in their pit. Then they led him away with hooks to the land of Egypt. ⓒ
5	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.
6	He prowled among the lions, ⓓ and he became a young lion. After he learned to tear prey, he devoured people.
7	He devastated their strongholds [1] and destroyed their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.
8	Then the nations from the surrounding provinces set out against him. ⓔ They spread their net over him; he was caught in their pit.
9	They put a wooden yoke on him [2] with hooks ⓕ and led him away to the king of Babylon. They brought him into the fortresses so his roar could no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel. ⓖ
10	Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, [3] ⓗ planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches ⓘ because of plentiful waters.
11	It had strong branches, fit for the scepters of rulers; its height towered among the clouds. [4] So it was conspicuous for its height as well as its many branches.
12	But it was uprooted in fury, ⓙ thrown to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were torn off and dried up; ⓚ fire consumed them.
13	Now it is planted in the wilderness, ⓛ in a dry and thirsty land.
14	Fire has gone out from its main branch [5] and has devoured its fruit, so that it no longer has a strong branch, a scepter for ruling. ⓜ This is a lament and should be used as a lament.”

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