1 MOREOVER take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
10 Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

1Moreouer, take thou vp a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

2And say, What is thy mother? a lyonesse: shee lay downe among lions, she nourished her whelpes among yong lions.

3And shee brought vp one of her whelps: it became a yong lion, & it learned to catch the pray, it deuoured men.

4The nations also heard of him, hee was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chaines vnto the land of Egypt.

5Now when she saw that shee had waited, and her hope was lost, then she tooke another of her whelps, and made him a yong lion.

6And he went vp and downe among the lions, he became a yong lion, and learned to catch the pray, and deuoured men.

7And he knew there desolate palaces, and he laied waste their cities, and the land was desolate, and the fulnesse thereof by the noise of his roaring.

8Then the nations set against him on euery side from the prouinces, and spread their net ouer him: he was taken in their pit.

9And they put him in ward in chaines, and brought him to the king of Babylon, they brought him into holds, that his voyce should no more be heard vpon the mountaines of Israel.

10 Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters, she was fruitfull and full of branches by reason of many waters,

11And she had strong rods for the scepters of them that beare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thicke branches, & she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

12But she was plucked vp in fury: she was cast downe to the ground, and the East wind dryed vp her fruite: her strong rods were broken and withered, the fire consumed them.

13And now she is planted in the wildernesse, in a dry and thirsty ground.

14And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath deuoured her fruite, so that she hath no strong rod to be a scepter to rule: this is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

III == 2nd Kings 23:31-32 ; Ezek 19:6

IV == 2nd Kings 23:33 ; 2nd Chr 36:4 ; Jer 22:11-12

V == 2nd Kings 23:34

VI == Jer 22:13-17; Ezek 19:3

VIII == 2nd Kings 24:2 ; Ezek 19:4

IX == 2nd Chr 36:6 ; jer 22:18

X == Deut 8:7-9 ; Ezek 17:6

XI == Dan 4:11

XII == Ezek 17:10 ; Hos 13:15

XIV == Judg 9:15 ; 2nd Kings 24:20 ; Lam 4:20

1 As for you, son of man, raise a lamentation over the prince of Israel:

2 What a lioness was your mother, a lion of lions! Among young lions she couched to rear her whelps.

3 One whelp she raised up, a young lion he became; He learned to seize prey, men he devoured.

4 hen nations raised cries against him, in their pit he was caught; They took him away with hooks to the land of Egypt.

5 Then she saw that in vain she had waited, her hope was destroyed. She took another of her whelps, him she made a young lion.

6 He prowled among the lions, a young lion he became; He learned to seize prey, men he devoured;

7 He ravaged their strongholds, their cities he wasted. The land and all in it were appalled at the noise of his roar.

8 Nations laid out against him snares all about him; They spread their net to take him, in their pit he was caught.

9 They put him in a cage and took him away to the king of Babylon, So that his voice would not be heard on the mountains of Israel.

10 Your mother was like a vine planted by the water; Fruitful and branchy was she because of the abundant water.

11 One strong branch she put out as a royal scepter. Stately was her height amid the dense foliage; Notably tall was she with her many clusters.

12 But she was torn up in fury and flung to the ground; The east wind withered her up, her fruit was torn off; Then her strong branch withered up, fire devoured it.

13 So now she is planted in the desert, in a land dry and parched,

14 For fire came out of the branch and devoured her shoots; She is now without a strong branch, a ruler's scepter. This is a lamentation and serves as a lamentation.

v 1-4. This is a funeral dirge for loss of the kings of the lion, Israel. The first was Jehoahaz who was deposed after only three months by Pharaoh Neco 2 of Egypt.

v 5-9. Jehoiakim died in Jerusalem so he wasn’t mentioned, but Ezekiel went on to Jehoiachin, who was a fierce despot for only three months before he was taken in chains to Babylon where he died.

v 10-14. Ezekiel now addresses Zedekiah directly. His mother, Israel, had been a fine wonderful vine, but a strong east wind, Babylon, would uproot her and deport her. At home or there, she would be in a dry, thirsty land. After Zedekiah was deported there would not be a king in Israel of the line of David until the return of Christ.