Ezekiel 19:2

and say, 1 'Who was your mother? A lioness, she lived with a lion's son; 1 in the midst of young lions, she nurtured her cubs. 1

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

In Context

1“Now you, take up a lamentation against the leaders of Israel

3She is the one who raised up one of her cubs to become a young lion, a lion who learned to tear apart his victims, and then he devoured men. 1

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Cross References

Job 4:11The old lion perishes for lack of victims; 1 the cubs of the lioness are scattered everywhere. 1

Isaiah 5:29Their roaring will be like a lion; they will roar like young lions. 1 They will growl and seize the prey and drag it away, with none to rescue. 1

Nahum 2:11Where now is the lions' den, the place where the young lion cubs were fed, 1 the place where the lion and lioness walked, with the cubs, where they were afraid of nothing? 1

Zechariah 11:3The shepherds howl, for their glory has been destroyed! 1 The voice of the young lions' roar, for the pride of the Jordan River has been devastated!

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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