1. The Lord told me to sing this song of sorrow for two princes of Israel:
2. What a lioness your mother was!She reared her cubs among the fierce male lions.
3. She reared a cub and taught him to hunt;he learnt to eat people.
4. The nations heard about himand trapped him in a pit.With hooks they dragged him off to Egypt.
5. She waited until she saw all hope was gone.Then she reared another of her cubs,and he grew into a fierce lion.