nkjv - 19

nkjv@Ezekiel:19:1 @ "Moreover take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

nkjv@Ezekiel:19:2 @ and say: "What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.

nkjv@Ezekiel:19:3 @ She brought up one of her cubs, And he became a young lion; He learned to catch prey, And he devoured men.

nkjv@Ezekiel:19:4 @ The nations also heard of him; He was trapped in their pit, And they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.

nkjv@Ezekiel:19:5 @ "When she saw that she waited, that her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

nkjv@Ezekiel:19:6 @ He roved among the lions, And became a young lion; He learned to catch prey; He devoured men.

nkjv@Ezekiel:19:7 @ He knew their desolate places, And laid waste their cities; The land with its fullness was desolated By the noise of his roaring.

nkjv@Ezekiel:19:8 @ Then the nations set against him from the provinces on every side, And spread their net over him; He was trapped in their pit.

nkjv@Ezekiel:19:9 @ They put him in a cage with chains, And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in nets, That his voice should no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel.

nkjv@Ezekiel:19:10 @ "Your mother was like a vine in your bloodline, Planted by the waters, Fruitful and full of branches Because of many waters.

nkjv@Ezekiel:19:11 @ She had strong branches for scepters of rulers. She towered in stature above the thick branches, And was seen in her height amid the dense foliage.

nkjv@Ezekiel:19:12 @ But she was plucked up in fury, She was cast down to the ground, And the east wind dried her fruit. Her strong branches were broken and withered; The fire consumed them.

nkjv@Ezekiel:19:13 @ And now she is planted in the wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land.

nkjv@Ezekiel:19:14 @ Fire has come out from a rod of her branches And devoured her fruit, So that she has no strong branch-- a scepter for ruling."' This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.

Ezekiel 19