Ezekiel 19:1

Lament for the Leaders of Israel

1 "And you, raise a lament about the leaders of Israel,

Ezekiel 19:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 19:1

Moreover, take thou up a lamentation
These words are directed to the Prophet Ezekiel, to compose a doleful ditty, a mournful song, such as was used at funerals; and by it represent the lamentable state of the nation of the Jews and their governors, in order to affect them with it, with what was past, and present, and yet to come: for the princes of Israel;
or, "concerning them" ^F19; the princes meant are Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, and Zedekiah, who were kings, though called princes, these words being synonymous; or, if so called by way of diminution, the reason might be, because they were tributary, either to the king of Egypt, or king of Babylon.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 (larvy yayvn la) "de principibus Israel", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Polanus, Starckius; so Ben Melech.

Ezekiel 19:1 In-Context

1 "And you, raise a lament about the leaders of Israel,

2 and you must say, 'What a lioness [was] your mother among [the] lions. She lay down in the midst of young lions, [and] she reared her lion cubs.

3 And she raised up one from her cubs; he became a fierce lion, and he learned to tear prey; he ate humans.

4 And nations heard about him; in their pit he was caught, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

5 And she saw that she was waiting [in vain]; her hope was destroyed, and she took one from her cubs, [and] she made him a fierce lion.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "over"