Ezechiele 19:3

3 Or ella avea allevato uno de’ suoi leoncini, che divenne leoncello, e imparò a rapir la preda, e divorava gli uomini.

Ezechiele 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.

Ezechiele 19:3 In-Context

1 OR tu prendi a far lamento dei principi d’Israele. E di’:

2 Quale era tua madre? una leonessa; ella era giaciuta fra i leoni, ella avea allevati i suoi leoncini in mezzo de’ leoncelli.

3 Or ella avea allevato uno de’ suoi leoncini, che divenne leoncello, e imparò a rapir la preda, e divorava gli uomini.

4 E le nazioni, uditone il grido, vennero contro a lui; ed egli fu preso nella lor fossa; e lo menarono incatenato nel paese di Egitto.

5 Ed ella, quando vide che si era assai trattenuta aspettando, e che la sua speranza era perduta, prese un altro dei suoi leoncini, e ne fece un leoncello.