Eze 19 | NASB2020 | STEP | “As for you, take up a song of mourning for the leaders of Israel

Ezekiel 19

Song of Mourning for the Leaders of Israel

1 “As for you, take up a ^asong of mourning for the ^bleaders of Israel 2 and say,

‘ ^{▼▼Or Why did your mother, a lioness, lie down among lions; among young lions rear her cubs?}What was your mother?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among young lions,
She raised her cubs.
3 ‘When she brought up one of her cubs,
^dHe became a young lion,
And he learned to tear his prey;
He devoured people.
4 ‘Then nations heard about him;
He was caught in their trap,
And they ^ebrought him with hooks
To the land of Egypt.
5 ‘When she saw, as she waited,
That her hope was lost,
She took ^{▼▼Lit one}another of her cubs
And made ^ghim a young lion.
6 ‘And he ^hwalked about among the lions,
He became a young lion;
He learned to tear his prey;
He devoured people.
7 ‘He ^{▼▼As in Targum; MT knew}destroyed their ^{▼▼Or widows}palaces
And laid waste their cities;
And the land and its fullness were appalled
Because of the sound of his roaring.
8 ‘Then ^knations set against him
On every side from their provinces,
And they spread their net over him;
He was caught in their trap.
9 ‘ ^lThey put him in a ^{▼▼Or iron}wooden collar with hooks
And ⁿbrought him to the king of Babylon;
They brought him in hunting nets
So that his voice would no longer be heard
On the mountains of Israel.
10 ‘Your mother was ^olike a vine in your ^{▼▼As in some mss; MT blood}vineyard,
Planted by the waters;
It was fruitful and thick with branches
Because of abundant waters.
11 ‘And it had ^{▼▼Lit stems of strength
,} ^rstrong stems fit for scepters of rulers,
And its ^sheight was raised above the clouds
So that it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.
12 ‘But it was ^tuprooted in fury;
It was ^uthrown down to the ground;
And the ^veast wind dried up its fruit.
^{▼▼Lit The stem of her strength}Its ^xstrong stem ^{▼▼As in LXX; MT were}was torn out
So that ^{▼▼As in LXX; MT they}it withered;
The fire consumed it.
13 ‘And now it is planted in the ^aawilderness,
In a dry and thirsty land.
14 ‘And ^abfire has gone out from its stem;
It has consumed its shoots and fruit,
So that there is no ^{▼▼Lit stem of strength}strong stem in it,
A scepter to rule.’”
This is a song of mourning, and has become a song of mourning.