1Take up now a song of grief for the ruler of Israel, and say,
2What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones.
3And one of her little ones came to growth under her care, and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.
4And the nations had news of him; he was taken in the hole they had made: and, pulling him with hooks, they took him into the land of Egypt.
5Now when she saw that her hope was made foolish and gone, she took another of her little ones and made him into a young lion.
6And he went up and down among the lions and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.
7And he sent destruction on their widows and made waste their towns; and the land and everything in it became waste because of the loud sound of his voice.
