Ezekiel 19:5

But she seeing herself weakened, and that her hope was lost, took one of her young lions, and set him up for a lion.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

In Context

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.

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

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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.

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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