Ezekiel 19:3

3 She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.

Ezekiel 19:3 in Other Translations

3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

3 And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.

3 She raised one of her cubs to become a strong young lion. He learned to hunt and devour prey, and he became a man-eater.

3 She reared one of her cubs to maturity, a robust young lion. He learned to hunt. He ate men.

3 And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

3 One of the cubs she raised became a young lion. He learned to tear apart the animals he hunted. He ate people.

3 She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After he learned to tear prey, he devoured people.

3 One of them was Jehoahaz. He became a strong lion. He learned to tear apart what he caught. And he ate men up.

Ezekiel 19:3 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 19:3

And she brought up one of her whelps
Or sons, as the Targum: or, "made him to ascend" ^F20, as the word signifies; to mount the throne; this was Jehoahaz, whom the people of the land took and anointed him, and made him king in the stead of Josiah his father, ( 2 Kings 23:30 ) ; it become a young lion;
that is, a king, as the same Targum explains it, and a tyrannical and arbitrary one: and it learned to catch the prey;
being instructed by evil counsellors, he soon learned to oppress his subjects, to get their substance from them, and do many evil things, as he is said to do, ( 2 Kings 23:32 ) ; it devoured men;
or a man, Adam, the people of Israel, so called, ( Ezekiel 34:31 ) ; as the Jews frequently observe; it ate up and destroyed their liberties, privileges, and property.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (letw) "et ascendere fecit", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version.

Ezekiel 19:3 In-Context

1 “Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel

2 and say: “ ‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among them and reared her cubs.

3 She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.

4 The nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

5 “ ‘When she saw her hope unfulfilled, her expectation gone, she took another of her cubs and made him a strong lion.