Ezekiel 19:2
and say, Why is thy mother become a whelp in the midst of lions? in the midst of lions she has multiplied her whelps.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
1Moreover do thou take up a lamentation for the prince of Israel,
3And one of her whelps sprang forth; he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men.
Cross References
Job 4:11The old lion has perished for want of food, 1 And the lions’ whelps have forsaken one another. 1
Isaiah 5:29They rage as lions, and draw nigh as a lion’s whelps: and he shall seize, and roar as a wild beast, and he shall cast them forth, and there shall be none to deliver them.
Nahum 2:11There is thrusting forth, and shaking, and tumult, and heartbreaking, and loosing of knees, and pangs on all loins; and the faces of all are as the blackening of a pot.
Zechariah 11:3There is a voice of the shepherds mourning; for their greatness is brought low: a voice of roaring lions; for the pride of Jordan is brought down.
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 →