Ezekiel 19:3

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

2and say, What was thy mother? A lioness. She couched among lions. In the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

4The nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

2 Kings 23:34And Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away, and he came to Egypt, and died there.

Ezekiel 19:6And he went up and down among the lions. He became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.

Ezekiel 32:2Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him, Thou were compared to a young lion of the nations. Yet thou are as a monster in the seas, and thou broke forth with thy rivers, and troubled the waters w

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 19:2-10

The Fall of the Royal Family; Fall of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim. ( b. c. 593.) 1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. 3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. 4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. 5 Now when she saw that she had… Read the whole commentary →

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