Ezekiel 19
A lamentation for the princes of Israel, under the parable of lions' whelps taken in a pit,
Ezekiel 19:1 And thou, sone of man, take weiling on the princes of Israel; Ezekiel 19:2 and thou schalt seie, Whi thi modir, a lionesse, lai among liouns? In the myddis of litle liouns sche nurschide hir whelpis, Ezekiel 19:3 and ledde out oon of hir litle liouns; he was maad a lioun, and he lernyde to take prei, and to ete men. Ezekiel 19:4 And hethene men herden of hym, and token hym not withouten her woundis; and thei brouyten hym in chaynes in to the lond of Egipt. Ezekiel 19:5 Which modir whanne sche hadde seyn, that sche was sijk, and the abiding of hym perischide, took oon of her litle liouns, and made hym a lioun. Ezekiel 19:6 Which yede among liouns, and was maad a lioun; and lernede to take prey, and to deuoure men. Ezekiel 19:7 He lernyde to make widewis, and to brynge the citees of men in to desert; and the lond and the fulnesse therof was maad desolat, of the vois of his roryng. Ezekiel 19:8 And hethene men camen togidere ayens hym on ech side fro prouynces, and spredden on hym her net; he was takun in the woundis of tho hethene men. Ezekiel 19:9 And thei senten hym in to a caue in chaines, and brouyten hym to the kyng of Babiloyne; and thei senten hym in to prisoun, that his vois were no more herd on the hillis of Israel.
and for Jerusalem, under the parable of a wasted vine.
Ezekiel 19:10 Thi modir as a vyner in thi blood was plauntid on watre; the fruitis therof and the boowis therof encreessiden of many watris. Ezekiel 19:11 And sadde yerdis weren maad to it in to septris of lordis, and the stature therof was enhaunsid among boowis; and it siy his hiynesse in the multitude of hise siouns. Ezekiel 19:12 And it was drawun out in wraththe, and was cast forth in to erthe; and a brennynge wynd dryede the fruyt therof, and the yerdis of strengthe therof welewiden, and weren maad drie, and fier eet it. Ezekiel 19:13 And now it is plauntid ouer in desert, in a lond with out weie, and thristi. Ezekiel 19:14 And fier yede out of the yerde of the braunchis therof, that eet the fruyt therof. And a stronge yerde, the ceptre of lordis, was not in it. It is weilyng, and it schal be in to weilyng.
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