Ezequiel 19:3

3 "Cuando exaltó a uno de sus cachorros, éste se hizo león, y aprendió a desgarrar su presa; devoró hombres.

Ezequiel 19:3 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 19:3

And she brought up one of her whelps
Or sons, as the Targum: or, "made him to ascend" ^F20, as the word signifies; to mount the throne; this was Jehoahaz, whom the people of the land took and anointed him, and made him king in the stead of Josiah his father, ( 2 Kings 23:30 ) ; it become a young lion;
that is, a king, as the same Targum explains it, and a tyrannical and arbitrary one: and it learned to catch the prey;
being instructed by evil counsellors, he soon learned to oppress his subjects, to get their substance from them, and do many evil things, as he is said to do, ( 2 Kings 23:32 ) ; it devoured men;
or a man, Adam, the people of Israel, so called, ( Ezekiel 34:31 ) ; as the Jews frequently observe; it ate up and destroyed their liberties, privileges, and property.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (letw) "et ascendere fecit", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version.

Ezequiel 19:3 In-Context

1 Y tú, eleva una elegía por los príncipes de Israel,

2 y di: "¿Qué era tu madre? una leona entre leones. Echada en medio de leoncillos, crió a sus cachorros.

3 "Cuando exaltó a uno de sus cachorros, éste se hizo león, y aprendió a desgarrar su presa; devoró hombres.

4 "Entonces oyeron de él las naciones; en su foso fue capturado, y lo llevaron con garfios a la tierra de Egipto.

5 "Cuando ella vio, mientras aguardaba, que su esperanza estaba perdida, tomó otro de sus cachorros y lo hizo un leoncillo.