Ezekiel 19

1 and you(m. s.) to lift: loud dirge to(wards) leader Israel

Sing this funeral song for the princes of Israel

2 and to say what? mother your lioness between: among lion to stretch in/on/with midst lion to multiply whelp her

with these words: “What was your mother? She was a lioness among the lions! She lay down in her place among the young lions and reared her cubs.

3 and to ascend: establish one from whelp her lion to be and to learn: learn to/for to tear prey man to eat

She raised one of her cubs, and he grew up to be young lion. Once he had learned how to tear up his prey, he started eating people.

4 and to hear: hear to(wards) him nation in/on/with pit: grave their to capture and to come (in): bring him in/on/with hook to(wards) land: country/planet Egypt

But when the nations heard about him, he was caught in their trap. They used hooks to drag him away to Egypt.

5 and to see: see for to wait: hope to perish hope her and to take: take one from whelp her lion to set: make him

When she realized that the hope she had been waiting for was gone, she made another of her cubs into a young lion.

6 and to go: walk in/on/with midst lion lion to be and to learn: learn to/for to tear prey man to eat

He went around with the other lions, and became strong. Once he had learned how to tear up his prey, he started eating people.

7 and to know widow his and city their to destroy and be desolate land: country/planet and fullness her from voice: sound roaring his

He tore down their fortresses and destroyed their towns. All the people living in the country were appalled when they heard him roaring.

8 and to give: put upon him nation around: side from province and to spread upon him net their in/on/with pit: grave their to capture

Then the people of the countries all around attacked him. They threw their net over him; he was caught in their trap.

9 and to give: put him in/on/with cage in/on/with hook and to come (in): bring him to(wards) king Babylon to come (in): bring him in/on/with stronghold because not to hear: hear voice his still to(wards) mountain: mount Israel

They used hooks to put him in a cage and took him to the king of Babylon. They led him away and imprisoned him so his roar wasn't heard any more in Israel's mountains.

10 mother your like/as vine in/on/with blood your upon water to transplant be fruitful and thickly branched to be from water many

Your mother was like a vine planted in your vineyard at the waterside. It produced a lot of fruit and had many branches because it had plenty of water.

11 and to be to/for her tribe: stick strength to(wards) tribe: staff to rule and to exult height his upon between cord and to see: see in/on/with height his in/on/with abundance branch his

Its branches were strong like rulers' scepters. It grew high above the tree canopy. People could see how tall and full of leaves it was.

12 and to uproot in/on/with rage to/for land: soil to throw and spirit: breath [the] east to wither fruit her to tear and to wither tribe: stick strength her fire to eat him

But it was uprooted in anger and thrown down on the ground. The east wind blew and dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped of leaves and they withered. Then they were burned up in the fire.

13 and now to transplant in/on/with wilderness in/on/with land: country/planet dryness and thirst

Now the vine has been replanted in the desert, in a dry and waterless land.

14 and to come out: issue fire from tribe: stick alone: pole her fruit her to eat and not to be in/on/with her tribe: stick strength tribe: staff to/for to rule dirge he/she/it and to be to/for dirge

A fire blazed out from its main trunk and burned up its fruit. None of its branches that were once like a ruler's scepter are strong any more.” This is a funeral song and is to be used for mourning.