Ezekiel 19:3

And she brought up one of her whelps; He became a young lion, And he learned to seize the prey; he devoured men.

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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 lay thy mother at ease, a lioness among lions! Among young lions she nourished her whelps;

4And when the nations heard of him, he was taken in their pit, And they brought him with nose-rings to the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 19:6And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, And he learned to seize the prey; he devoured men.

Ezekiel 32:2Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and say to him:—Thou art like a young lion among the nations; Thou art like a dragon in the seas; And thou camest forth into thy rivers, And troubledst the waters with thy feet, And didst disturb 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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