<vn='1'>Moreover take thou <sn="859 5375">up</s> a <sn="7015">lamentation</s><sn="413">for</s> the <sn="5387">princes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> is thy <sn="517">mother</s>? A <sn="3833">lioness</s>: she lay <sn="7257">down</s><sn="996">among</s><sn="738">lions</s>, she <sn="7235">nourished</s> her <sn="1482">whelps</s><sn="8432">among</s> young <sn="3715">lions</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And she brought <sn="5927">up</s><sn="259">one</s> of her <sn="4480 1482">whelps</s>: it <sn="1961">became</s> a young <sn="3715">lion</s>, and it <sn="3925">learned</s> to <sn="2963">catch</s> the <sn="2964">prey</s>; it <sn="398">devoured</s><sn="120">men</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>The <sn="1471">nations</s> also <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="413">of</s> him; he was <sn="8610">taken</s> in their <sn="7845">pit</s>, and they <sn="935">brought</s> him with <sn="2397">chains</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Now when she <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> she had <sn="3176">waited</s>, and her <sn="8615">hope</s> was <sn="6">lost</s>, then she <sn="3947">took</s><sn="259">another</s> of her <sn="4480 1482">whelps</s>, and <sn="7760">made</s> him a young <sn="3715">lion</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And he went up and <sn="1980">down</s><sn="8432">among</s> the <sn="738">lions</s>, he <sn="1961">became</s> a young <sn="3715">lion</s>, and <sn="3925">learned</s> to <sn="2963">catch</s> the <sn="2964">prey</s>, and <sn="398">devoured</s><sn="120">men</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And he <sn="3045">knew</s> their desolate <sn="759">palaces</s>, and he laid <sn="2717">waste</s> their <sn="5892">cities</s>; and the <sn="776">land</s> was <sn="3456">desolate</s>, and the <sn="4393">fullness</s> thereof, by the <sn="4480 6963">noise</s> of his <sn="7581">roaring</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Then the <sn="1471">nations</s><sn="5414">set</s><sn="5921">against</s> him on every <sn="5439">side</s> from the <sn="4480 4082">provinces</s>, and <sn="6566">spread</s> their <sn="7568">net</s><sn="5921">over</s> him: he was <sn="8610">taken</s> in their <sn="7845">pit</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And they <sn="5414">put</s> him in <sn="5474">ward</s> in <sn="2397">chains</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> him <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>: they <sn="935">brought</s> him into <sn="4679">holds</s>, <sn="4616">that</s> his <sn="6963">voice</s> should <sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s> be <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="2022">mountains</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Thy <sn="517">mother</s> is like a <sn="1612">vine</s> in thy <sn="1818">blood</s>, <sn="8362">planted</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="4325">waters</s>: she <sn="1961">was</s><sn="6509">fruitful</s> and full of <sn="6058">branches</s> by reason of <sn="7227">many</s><sn="4480 4325">waters</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And she <sn="1961">had</s><sn="5797">strong</s><sn="4294">rods</s><sn="413">for</s> the <sn="7626">scepters</s> of them that bore <sn="4910">rule</s>, and her <sn="6967">stature</s> was <sn="1361">exalted</s><sn="5921 996">among</s> the thick <sn="5688">branches</s>, and she <sn="7200">appeared</s> in her <sn="1363">height</s> with the <sn="7230">multitude</s> of her <sn="1808">branches</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>But she was plucked <sn="5428">up</s> in <sn="2534">fury</s>, she was cast <sn="7993">down</s> to the <sn="776">ground</s>, and the <sn="6921">east</s><sn="7307">wind</s> dried <sn="3001">up</s> her <sn="6529">fruit</s>: her <sn="5797">strong</s><sn="4294">rods</s> were <sn="6561">broken</s> and <sn="3001">withered</s>; the <sn="784">fire</s><sn="398">consumed</s> them. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="6258">now</s> she is <sn="8362">planted</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, in a <sn="6723">dry</s> and <sn="6772">thirsty</s><sn="776">ground</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="784">fire</s> is gone <sn="3318">out</s> of a <sn="4480 4294">rod</s> of her <sn="905">branches</s>, which hath <sn="398">devoured</s> her <sn="6529">fruit</s>, so that she <sn="1961">hath</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5797">strong</s><sn="4294">rod</s> to be a <sn="7626">scepter</s> to <sn="4910">rule</s>. <sn="1931">This</s> is a <sn="7015">lamentation</s>, and shall <sn="1961">be</s> for a <sn="7015">lamentation</s>. </v>