Ezekiel 19:1-5 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

1. Ezekiel, sing a funeral song for two of Israel's leaders:

2. Your mother was a brave lionesswho raised her cubsamong lions.

3. She taught one of them to hunt,and he learnt to eat people.

4. When the nations heard of him,they trapped him in a pit,then they used hooksto drag him to Egypt.

5. His mother waitedfor him to return.But soon she lost all hopeand raised another cub,who also became fierce.

Ezekiel 19