Ezekiel 19:1

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

Ezekiel 19:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 19:1

Moreover, take thou up a lamentation
These words are directed to the Prophet Ezekiel, to compose a doleful ditty, a mournful song, such as was used at funerals; and by it represent the lamentable state of the nation of the Jews and their governors, in order to affect them with it, with what was past, and present, and yet to come: for the princes of Israel;
or, "concerning them" ^F19; the princes meant are Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, and Zedekiah, who were kings, though called princes, these words being synonymous; or, if so called by way of diminution, the reason might be, because they were tributary, either to the king of Egypt, or king of Babylon.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 (larvy yayvn la) "de principibus Israel", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Polanus, Starckius; so Ben Melech.

Ezekiel 19:1 In-Context

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

2 and say: What a lioness was your mother among lions! She couched in the midst of young lions, rearing her whelps.

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

4 The nations sounded an alarm against him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

5 When she saw that she was baffled, that her hope was lost, she took another of her whelps and made him a young lion.