Ezekiel 19:3

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

Darby Translation

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 lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.

4And the nations heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings into the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

2 Kings 23:34And Pharaoh-Nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king instead of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And he took Jehoahaz; 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 learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

Ezekiel 32:2Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast like a young lion among the nations, and thou wast as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth in thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

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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