Ezekiel 19:3

She raised one of her cubs, and he grew up to be a young lion. Once he had learned how to tear up his prey, he started eating people.

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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

2with these words: “What was your mother? She was a lioness among the lions! She lay down in her place among the young lions and reared her cubs.

4But when the nations heard about him, he was caught in their trap. They used hooks to drag him away to Egypt.

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Cross References

2 Kings 23:34Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim, son of Josiah, king in succession to his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Jehoahaz to Egypt, where he died.

Ezekiel 19:6He went around with the other lions, and became strong. Once he had learned how to tear up his prey, he started eating people.

Ezekiel 32:2“Son of man, sing a funeral song for Pharaoh king of Egypt and tell him: You think you're like a lion among the nations but in reality you're like a sea monster. You roll around in your rivers, stirring up the waters with your feet, making the water muddy.

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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