Ezekiel 19:1

Lament for the Princes of Israel

1 "As for you, take up a ¹lamentation for the ²princes of Israel

Ezekiel 19:1 In-Context

1 "As for you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel

2 and say, 'What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs.

3 'When she brought up one of her cubs, He became a lion, And he learned to tear his prey; He devoured men.

4 'Then nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought 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.

Cross References

• 1. Ezekiel 2:10; Ezekiel 19:14
• 2. 2 Kin 23:29, 30, 34; 2 Kings 24:6, 12; 2 Kings 25:5-7