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.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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: How was thy mother a lioness; among lions she couched, in the midst of the young lions she reared her whelps!

4Then the nations assembled against him, he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto 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 room 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 32:2'Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him: thou didst liken thyself unto a young lion of the nations; whereas thou art as a dragon in the seas; and thou didst gush forth with thy rivers, and didst trouble the waters with thy feet, and foul 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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