1. "Sing a song of sadness about Israel's princes.
2. Say to Israel, " 'You were like a mother lion to your princes. She lay down among the young lions. She brought up her cubs.
3. One of them was Jehoahaz. He became a strong lion. He learned to tear apart what he caught. And he ate men up.
4. The nations heard about him. They trapped him in their pit. They put hooks in his face. And they led him away to Egypt.