Ezekiel 19:6

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

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

In Context

5And when she saw that she waited in vain, and that her hope was lost, She took another of her whelps, and she made him a young lion.

7He knew their widows, and laid waste their cities, And the land was desolate, and all that was therein, before the voice of his roaring.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 22:13Woe to him that buildeth his house with injustice, And his upper apartments with wrong; That exacteth a man's service without wages, And giveth him no recompense!

Jeremiah 36:1And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying:

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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