Moreover take you up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Moreover take you up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Take up now a song of grief for the ruler of Israel, and say,
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Moreover take thou up a lamentation - Declare what is the great subject of sorrow in Israel. Compose a funeral dirge. Show Be melancholy fate of the kings who proceeded from Josiah. The prophet deplores the misfortune of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim, under the figure of two lion whelps, which were taken by hunters, and confined in cages. Next he shows the desolation of Jerusalem under Zedekiah, which he compares to a beautiful vine pulled up by the roots, withered, and at last burned. Calmet justly observes, that the style of this song is beautiful, and the allegory well supported throughout.
Princes of Israel - Israel is the whole nation over which the king of Judah was the rightful sovereign. Compare Ezekiel 2:3; Ezekiel 3:1, Ezekiel 3:7.
19:1 For the princes - Jehoahaz, Jehoiachim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah.