Ezekiel 19:5

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

Leeser Tanakh

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 when nations heard of him, he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings unto the land of Egypt.

6And he went up and down in the midst of lions, he became a young lion; and he learned to tear in pieces the prey; even men he devoured.

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Cross References

2 Kings 23:34And Pharaoh-nechoh made Elyakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoyakim, and took Jehoachaz 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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