# General Information:

Yahweh tells Ezekiel to speak to the people of Israel. He tells a story where the nation of Israel is a lioness and some of the past kings in the kingdom of Judah are her cubs. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# take up a lamentation

This idiom means to sing a lamentation. Alternate translation: "sing a lamentation" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])