Ezekiel 19:2

and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

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In The King James Version

And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

In Context

1“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel

3She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

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Cross References

Job 4:11The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

Isaiah 5:29Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away, and no one can rescue it.

Nahum 2:11Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?

Zechariah 11:3Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.

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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