Ezekiel 19:5

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

4Then the nations assembled against him, he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.

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

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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.

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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