Ezekiel 19

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 'Now, raise a lament for the princes of Israel.	1 “And as for you, take up a lament over the leaders of Israel,
2 Say: What was your mother? A lioness among lions; lying among the cubs she nursed 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 She reared one of her whelps: he grew into a young lion; he learnt to tear his prey; he became a man-eater.	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 The nations came to hear of him; he was caught in their pit; they dragged him away with hooks toEgypt.	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 Her expectation thwarted, and seeing her hope dashed, she took another of her whelps and made ayoung lion of him.	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, he grew into a young lion, he learnt to tear his prey; he became a man-eater.	6 And he advanced among the lions, and he became a lion. And he learned to seize prey and to devour men.
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 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 The nations marched out against him from the surrounding provinces; they spread their net over him;he was caught in their pit.	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 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 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 beside the water, fruitful and leafy, because the water flowed soful .	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 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 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 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 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 Now she has been transplanted to the desert, to a dry and thirsty land.	13 And now she has been transplanted into the desert, into a land impassable and dry.
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 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.”