¹“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel ²and say: ³She brought up one of her cubs, ⁴When the nations heard of him, ⁵When she saw that she had waited in vain, ⁶He prowled among the lions, ⁷He broke down their strongholds ⁸Then the nations set out against him ⁹With hooks they caged him ¹⁰Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, ¹¹It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. ¹²But it was uprooted in fury, ¹³Now it is planted in the wilderness, ¹⁴Fire has gone out from its main branch