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Ezekiel 19:8-14

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8 'Then 1nations set against him On every side from their provinces, And they spread their net over him; He was captured in their pit.
9 '2They put him in a cage with hooks And 3brought 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 4like a vine in your vineyard, Planted by the waters; It was fruitful and full of branches Because of abundant waters.
11 'And it had 5strong branches fit for scepters of rulers, And its 6height was raised above * the clouds So that it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.
12 'But it was 7plucked up in fury; It was 8cast down to the ground; And the 9east wind dried up its fruit. Its 10strong branch was torn off So that it withered; The fire consumed it.
13 'And now it is planted in the 11wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land.
14 'And 12fire 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 19:8-14 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 12

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

Footnotes 6

  • [a]. So with some ancient mss; M.T. "blood"
  • [b]. Lit "rods of strength"
  • [c]. Lit "rods of her strength"
  • [d]. So Gr; M.T. "they were"
  • [e]. So Gr; M.T. "they"
  • [f]. Lit "rod of strength"
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