Ezekiel 19:4-14

4 'Then nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they ¹brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.

5 'When she saw, as she waited, That her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs And made him a young lion.

6 'And he ²walked about among the lions; He became a young lion, He learned to tear his prey; He devoured men.

7 'He destroyed their fortified towers And laid waste their cities; And the land and its fullness were appalled Because of the sound of his roaring.

8 'Then ³nations set against him On every side from their provinces, And they spread their net over him; He was captured in their pit.

9 '⁴They put him in a cage with hooks And ⁵brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in hunting nets So that his voice would be heard no more On the mountains of Israel.

10 'Your mother was ⁶like a vine in your vineyard, Planted by the waters; It was fruitful and full of branches Because of abundant waters.

11 'And it had ⁷strong branches fit for scepters of rulers, And its ⁸height was raised above * the clouds So that it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.

12 'But it was ⁹plucked up in fury; It was ¹⁰cast down to the ground; And the ¹¹east wind dried up its fruit. Its ¹²strong branch was torn off So that it withered; The fire consumed it.

13 'And now it is planted in the ¹³wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land.

14 'And ¹⁴fire has gone out from its branch; It has consumed its shoots and fruit, So that there is not in it a strong branch, A scepter to rule.' " This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.

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Ezekiel 19:4-14 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

Cross References 14

1. 2 Kings 23:34; 2 Chronicles 36:4, 6
2. 2 Kings 24:9; 2 Chronicles 36:9
3. 2 Kings 24:11
4. 2 Chronicles 36:6
5. 2 Kings 24:15
6. Psalms 80:8-11
7. Psalms 80:15
8. Ezekiel 31:3
9. Jeremiah 31:28
10. Lamentations 2:1; Ezekiel 28:17
11. Ezekiel 17:10; Hosea 13:15
12. Isaiah 27:11; Ezekiel 19:11
13. 2 Kings 24:12-16; Ezekiel 19:10; Ezekiel 20:35; Hosea 2:3
14. Ezekiel 15:4; Ezekiel 20:47, 48

Footnotes 9

[a]. Lit "one"
[b]. So Targum; M.T. "knew"
[c]. Or "widows"
[d]. So with some ancient mss; M.T. "blood"
[e]. Lit "rods of strength"
[f]. Lit "rods of her strength"
[g]. So Gr; M.T. "they were"
[h]. So Gr; M.T. "they"
[i]. Lit "rod of strength"