Ezekiel 19:1-6

A mother’s sons

1 You, raise a lament for Israel's princes.

2 Say: What a lioness among lionesses was your mother! She bedded down among the strong young lions and reared her cubs.

3 She singled out one of her cubs and he became a strong young lion; he learned to tear flesh and devour humans.

4 When the nations heard about him, they caught him in their trap and carried him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

5 When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope faded. So she took another of her cubs and set him up as a strong young lion.

6 He went on the prowl with the other lions and became a strong young lion. He learned to tear flesh and devour humans;

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Ezekiel 19:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 19

The subject matter of this chapter is a lamentation for the princes and people of the Jews, on account of what had already befallen them, and what was yet to come, Eze 19:1. The mother of the princes is compared to a lioness, and they to lions; who, one after another, were taken and carried captive, Eze 19:2-9; again, their mother is compared to a vine, and they to branches and rods for sceptres, destroyed by an east wind, and consumed by fire, Eze 19:10-14.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezekiel 19:1-6

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A mother’s sons

Ezekiel 19:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 19