1. And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2. and say:What was your mother? A lioness!Among lions she crouched;in the midst of young lionsshe reared her cubs.
3. And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey;he devoured men.
4. The nations heard about him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooksto the land of Egypt.
5. When she saw that she waited in vain,that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubsand made him a young lion.
6. He prowled among the lions;he became a young lion,and he learned to catch prey;he devoured men,