5. “‘When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope was lost. She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
6. He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion.He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.
7. He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities.The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.
8. The nations – the surrounding regions – attacked him.They threw their net over him; he was caught in their pit.
9. They put him in a collar with hooks; they brought him to the king of Babylon;they brought him to prison so that his voice would not be heard any longer on the mountains of Israel.
10. “‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by water.It was fruitful and full of branches because it was well-watered.
11. Its boughs were strong, fit for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds.It stood out because of its height and its many branches.
12. But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground.The east wind dried up its fruit;its strong branches broke off and withered – a fire consumed them.
13. Now it is planted in the wilderness,in a dry and thirsty land.
14. A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit.No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.’ This is a lament song, and has become a lament song.”