Ezekiel 19

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW JERUSALEM
1 'Now, raise a lament for the princes of Israel.	1 'Now, raise a lament for the princes of Israel.
2 Say: What was your mother? A lioness among lions; lying among the cubs she nursed her whelps.	2 Say: What was your mother? A lioness among lions; lying among the cubs she nursed her whelps.
3 She reared one of her whelps: he grew into a young lion; he learnt to tear his prey; he became a man-eater.	3 She reared one of her whelps: he grew into a young lion; he learnt to tear his prey; he became a man-eater.
4 The nations came to hear of him; he was caught in their pit; they dragged him away with hooks toEgypt.	4 The nations came to hear of him; he was caught in their pit; they dragged him away with hooks toEgypt.
5 Her expectation thwarted, and seeing her hope dashed, she took another of her whelps and made ayoung lion of him.	5 Her expectation thwarted, and seeing her hope dashed, she took another of her whelps and made ayoung lion of him.
6 He prowled among the lions, he grew into a young lion, he learnt to tear his prey; he became a man-eater.	6 He prowled among the lions, he grew into a young lion, he learnt to tear his prey; he became a man-eater.
7 He tore down their palaces, he destroyed their cities; the land and al its inhabitants were appal ed bythe sound of his roars.	7 He tore down their palaces, he destroyed their cities; the land and al its inhabitants were appal ed bythe sound of his roars.
8 The nations marched out against him from the surrounding provinces; they spread their net over him;he was caught in their pit.	8 The nations marched out against him from the surrounding provinces; they spread their net over him;he was caught in their pit.
9 They shackled him with hooks, they took him to the king of Babylon and threw him into a fortress, sothat his voice could never again be heard on the mountains of Israel.	9 They shackled him with hooks, they took him to the king of Babylon and threw him into a fortress, sothat his voice could never again be heard on the mountains of Israel.
10 Your mother was like a vine planted beside the water, fruitful and leafy, because the water flowed soful .	10 Your mother was like a vine planted beside the water, fruitful and leafy, because the water flowed soful .
11 She had stout stems which became kingly sceptres; she grew higher and higher, up into the clouds;she was admired for her height and the number of her branches.	11 She had stout stems which became kingly sceptres; she grew higher and higher, up into the clouds;she was admired for her height and the number of her branches.
12 But she was furiously uprooted and thrown on the ground; the east wind dried up her fruit, she wasbroken to pieces; her stout stem dried up, the fire devoured it.	12 But she was furiously uprooted and thrown on the ground; the east wind dried up her fruit, she wasbroken to pieces; her stout stem dried up, the fire devoured it.
13 Now she has been transplanted to the desert, to a dry and thirsty land.	13 Now she has been transplanted to the desert, to a dry and thirsty land.
14 Fire burst out of her stem devouring her branches and fruit. No more stout stem for her, no morekingly sceptre.' This is a lament; it was used as such.	14 Fire burst out of her stem devouring her branches and fruit. No more stout stem for her, no morekingly sceptre.' This is a lament; it was used as such.