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Ezekiel 19:1-9

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1 The Lord told me to sing this song of sorrow for two princes of Israel:
2 What a lioness your mother was! She raised her cubs among the fierce male lions.
3 She raised a cub and taught him to hunt; he learned to eat people.
4 The nations heard about him and trapped him in a pit. With hooks they dragged him off to Egypt.
5 She waited until she saw all hope was gone. Then she raised another of her cubs, and he grew into a fierce lion.
6 When he was full-grown, he prowled with the other lions. He too learned to hunt and eat people.
7 He wrecked forts, he ruined towns. The people of the land were terrified every time he roared.
8 The nations gathered to fight him; people came from everywhere. They spread their hunting nets and caught him in their trap.
9 They put him in a cage and took him to the king of Babylonia. They kept him under guard, so that his roar would never be heard again on the hills of Israel.
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Ezekiel 19:1-9 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
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Footnotes 1

  • [a] [One ancient translation] wrecked forts; [Hebrew unclear.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.

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