Ezekiel 19:9-14

9 With hooks they pulled him into a cage and brought him to the king of Babylon. They put him in prison, so his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.

10 “ ‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard^[a]planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water.

11 Its branches were strong, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick foliage, conspicuous for its height and for its many branches.

12 But it was uprooted in fury and thrown to the ground. The east wind made it shrivel, it was stripped of its fruit; its strong branches withered and fire consumed them.

13 Now it is planted in the desert, in a dry and thirsty land.

14 Fire spread from one of its main^[b] branches and consumed its fruit. No strong branch is left on it fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ “This is a lament and is to be used as a lament.”

Ezekiel 19:9-14 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.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Kings 19:28
• 2. S 2 Kings 25:7; S 2 Chronicles 36:6
• 3. Zechariah 11:3
• 4. S 2 Kings 24:15
• 5. S Genesis 49:22
• 6. S Jeremiah 17:8
• 7. Psalms 80:8-11
• 8. Ezekiel 31:3; Daniel 4:11
• 9. S Deuteronomy 29:28; Ezekiel 17:10
• 10. S Genesis 41:6
• 11. S Isaiah 27:11; S Ezekiel 17:24; Ezekiel 28:17; Hosea 13:15
• 12. Ezekiel 20:35; Hosea 2:14
• 13. Hosea 2:3
• 14. Ezekiel 20:47
• 15. S Ezekiel 15:4
• 16. S ver 1

Footnotes

• [a]. Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts "your blood"
• [b]. Or "from under its"