1 Sing a funeral song for the princes of Israel.
2 Say:
3 One of the cubs she raised became a young lion.
4 The nations heard about him,
5 The lioness waited until she saw that there was no more hope.
6 He became a young lion, and he prowled among the lions.
7 He destroyed fortresses
8 The nations from every region came together against him.
9 With hooks they put him in a cage
10 Your mother was like a grapevine
11 Its branches were strong.
12 But in anger it was uprooted and thrown to the ground.
13 Now it is planted in the desert,
14 Fire has spread from the vine’s main branch.