A lament for Israel's Princes

Ezekiel 19:1-14
A lament for Israel's Princes.
What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs.
With hooks they pulled him into a cage and brought him to the king of Babylon. They put him in prison, so his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
Your mother was like vine in your vineyard planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water.
Fire spread from one of hit main branches and consumed it fruit. No strong branch is left on it fit for a ruler's scepter.
The poem is written in the familiar dirge rhythm. The lioness is Judah; the kings her cubs. The lioness is Judah; the kings her cubs. The first is Jehoahaz, carried off to Egypt by Pharaoh Necho in 609. The second is Jehoiachin. Now, thanks to Zedekiah's rebellion, both the nation and its line of kings will be destroyed.
Why?
God using lioness and vine to describe Israelite, Judah, they were strong lines and strong vine, but they forgot how they could be strong and roared over the nations. It was the Lord who took care of them provided them their needed water and food. When God's favor and love left them, they are nothing at all.
How?
The Lord is my love, my strong hold and my hope and my way. What I have now is the grace of the Lord on me! Praise the Holy name of the Lord and give thanks to the Almighty God.