Ezekiel 19

A Lament for Israel’s Princes

1#2Ki 24:6; Eze 26:17Moreover take up a lamentation for the officials of Israel, 2and say:

What was your mother?

A lioness among lions!

She lay down among young lions;

she nourished her whelps.

3When she brought up one of her whelps,

he became a lion

and learned to catch his prey;

he devoured men.

4#2Ki 23:33–34; 2Ch 36:4 The nations also heard of him;

he was taken in their pit,

and they brought him with chains

to the land of Egypt.

5Now when she saw as she had waited

that her hope was lost,

then she took another of her whelps

and made him a young lion.

6He went up and down among the lions;

he became a young lion,

and learned to catch the prey,

and devoured men.

7#Eze 30:12 He destroyed their fortified palaces,

and he laid waste their cities;

and the land and its fullness

were appalled by the noise of his roaring.

8#Eze 12:13; 19:4 Then the nations set against him

on every side from their provinces,

and spread their net over him;

he was taken in their pit.

9#2Ch 36:6; Eze 6:2 They put him in a cage with hooks

and brought him to the king of Babylon;

they brought him in hunting nets,

so that his voice would be heard no more

on the mountains of Israel.

10#Ps 80:8–11; Dt 8:7 Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard,

planted by the waters;

it was fruitful and full of branches

by reason of many waters.

11#Eze 31:3; Ps 80:15 It had strong rods

for the scepters of those who rule.

And its stature

was exalted above the clouds,

so it appeared in its height

with the multitude of its branches.

12#Eze 17:10; Hos 13:15 But it was plucked up in fury,

it was cast down to the ground,

and the east wind dried up its fruit.

Its strong rod was broken and it withered;

the fire consumed it.

13#Hos 2:3; Eze 19:10 Now it is planted in the wilderness,

in a dry and thirsty ground.

14#2Ki 24:20; Eze 19:1 Fire has gone out from its branch;

it has devoured its shoots and fruit,

so that there is no strong rod in it,

a scepter to rule.

This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.

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Ezekiel 19

A Lament for the Princes of Israel

1And you, #ch. 26:17; 27:2, 32; 28:12; 32:2; Amos 5:1; [Jer. 7:29]take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 2and say:

What was your mother? #[Gen. 49:9]A lioness!

Among lions she crouched;

in the midst of young lions

she reared her cubs.

3And she brought up one of her cubs;

# [ch. 22:25; 32:2; 2 Kgs. 23:30, 31] he became a young lion,

# ch. 22:25, 27 and he learned to catch prey;

he devoured men.

4The nations heard about him;

# Lam. 4:20 he was caught in their pit,

# [2 Kgs. 23:33, 34; Jer. 22:11, 12] and they brought him with hooks

to the land of Egypt.

5When she saw that she waited in vain,

that her hope was lost,

# 2 Kgs. 23:34, 36 she took another of her cubs

and made him a young lion.

6He prowled among the lions;

he became a young lion,

and he learned to catch prey;

he devoured men,

7and seized#19:7 Hebrew knew their widows.

He laid waste their cities,

and the land was appalled and all who were in it

at the sound of his roaring.

8 # [2 Chr. 36:6] Then the nations set against him

from provinces on every side;

# See ch. 12:13 they spread their net over him;

# [See ver. 4 above] he was taken in their pit.

9With hooks #[See ver. 8 above] they put him in a cage#19:9 Or in a wooden collar

and #[Jer. 22:26, 27] brought him to the king of Babylon;

they brought him into custody,

that his voice should no more be heard

on #See ch. 6:2the mountains of Israel.

10Your mother was #See ch. 15:6 like a vine in a vineyard#19:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts in your blood

planted by the water,

# [Ps. 80:9] fruitful and full of branches

# [Deut. 8:7] by reason of abundant water.

11Its strong stems became

rulers’ scepters;

it towered aloft

among the thick boughs;#19:11 Or the clouds

it was seen in its height

with the mass of its branches.

12But the vine was plucked up in fury,

cast down to the ground;

# ch. 17:10; [Hos. 13:15] the east wind dried up its fruit;

they were stripped off and withered.

As for its strong stem,

fire consumed it.

13 # [ch. 1:1; Hos. 2:3; See 2 Kgs. 24:12-16] Now it is planted in the wilderness,

in a dry and thirsty land.

14 # [2 Kgs. 24:20]; See ch. 17:15-19 And fire has gone out from the stem of its shoots,

has consumed its fruit,

# [ver. 11, 12] so that there remains in it no strong stem,

no scepter for ruling.

This is #See ver. 1a lamentation and has become a lamentation.

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