Ezekiel 19

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 As for you, son of man, raise a lamentation over the prince of Israel:	1 “And as for you, take up a lament over the leaders of Israel,
2 What a lioness was your mother, a lion of lions! Among young lions she couched to rear her whelps.	2 and you shall say: Why did your mother, the lioness, recline among the male lions, and raise her little ones in the midst of young lions?
3 One whelp she raised up, a young lion he became; He learned to seize prey, men he devoured.	3 And she led away one of her little ones, and he became a lion. And he learned to seize prey and to consume men.
4 Then nations raised cries against him, in their pit he was caught; They took him away with hooks to the land of Egypt.	4 And the Gentiles heard about him, and they seized him, but not without receiving wounds. And they led him away in chains 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.	5 Then, when she had seen that she was weakened, and that her hope had perished, she took one of her little ones, and appointed him as a lion.
6 He prowled among the lions, a young lion he became; He learned to seize prey, men he devoured;	6 And he advanced among the lions, and he became a lion. And he learned to seize prey and to devour men.
7 He ravaged their strongholds, their cities he wasted. The land and all in it were appalled at the noise of his roar.	7 He learned to make widows, and to lead their citizens into the desert. And the land, with its plenitude, was made desolate by the voice of his roaring.
8 Nations laid out against him snares all about him; They spread their net to take him, in their pit he was caught.	8 And the Gentiles came together against him, on every side, from the provinces, and they spread their net over him; by their wounds, he was captured.
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.	9 And they put him into a cage; they led him in chains to the king of Babylon. And they cast him into a prison, so that his voice would no longer be heard upon 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.	10 Your mother is like a vine, in your blood, planted by the water; her fruit and her branches have increased because of many waters.
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.	11 And her strong branches were made into scepters for the rulers, and her stature was exalted among the branches. And she saw her own loftiness among the multitude of her branches.
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.	12 But she was uprooted in wrath, and cast upon the ground. And the burning wind dried up her fruit. Her robust branches withered and were dried up. A fire consumed her.
13 So now she is planted in the desert, in a land dry and parched,	13 And now she has been transplanted into the desert, into a land impassable and dry.
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.	14 And a fire has gone forth from a rod of her branches, which has consumed her fruit. And there is no strong branch in her to become a scepter for the rulers. This is a lamentation, and it shall be a lamentation.”