Ezekiel 19

1 “As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel

and you(m. s.) to lift: loud dirge to(wards) leader Israel

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

and to say what? mother your lioness between: among lion to stretch in/on/with midst lion to multiply whelp her

3 She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

and to ascend: establish one from whelp her lion to be and to learn: learn to/for to tear prey man to eat

4 When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.

and to hear: hear to(wards) him nation in/on/with pit: grave their to capture and to come (in): bring him in/on/with hook to(wards) land: country/planet Egypt

5 When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

and to see: see for to wait: hope to perish hope her and to take: take one from whelp her lion to set: make him

6 He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

and to go: walk in/on/with midst lion lion to be and to learn: learn to/for to tear prey man to eat

7 He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.

and to know widow his and city their to destroy and be desolate land: country/planet and fullness her from voice: sound roaring his

8 Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.

and to give: put upon him nation around: side from province and to spread upon him net their in/on/with pit: grave their to capture

9 With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.

and to give: put him in/on/with cage in/on/with hook and to come (in): bring him to(wards) king Babylon to come (in): bring him in/on/with stronghold because not to hear: hear voice his still to(wards) mountain: mount Israel

10 Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.

mother your like/as vine in/on/with blood your upon water to transplant be fruitful and thickly branched to be from water many

11 It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage.

and to be to/for her tribe: stick strength to(wards) tribe: staff to rule and to exult height his upon between cord and to see: see in/on/with height his in/on/with abundance branch his

12 But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.

and to uproot in/on/with rage to/for land: soil to throw and spirit: breath [the] east to wither fruit her to tear and to wither tribe: stick strength her fire to eat him

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

and now to transplant in/on/with wilderness in/on/with land: country/planet dryness and thirst

14 Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”

and to come out: issue fire from tribe: stick alone: pole her fruit her to eat and not to be in/on/with her tribe: stick strength tribe: staff to/for to rule dirge he/she/it and to be to/for dirge