Ezekiel 19:3

And she brought out one of her whelps, and he became a lion: and he learned to catch the prey, and to devour men.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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: Why did thy mother the lioness lie down among the lions, and bring up her whelps in the midst of young lions?

4And the nations heard of him, and took him, but not without receiving wounds: and they brought him in chains into the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

2 Kings 23:34And Pharao Nechao made Eliacim the son of Josias king in the room of Josias his father: and turned his name to Joakim. And he took Joachaz away and carried him into Egypt, and he died there.

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

Ezekiel 32:2Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharao the king of Egypt, and say to him: Thou art like the lion of the nations, and the dragon that is in the sea: and thou didst push with the horn in thy rivers, and didst trouble the waters with thy feet, and didst trample upon their streams.

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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