Ezekiel 19:3

And she reared up one of her whelps— A young lion, he became, And he learned to rend prey. Men, he devoured.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 thou shalt say— How was thy mother a lioness, Between lions, she lay down,- In the midst of young lions, She nourished her whelps;

4Then nations heard of him. In their pit, was he caught,— So they brought him with hooks. Into the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

2 Kings 23:34And Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakim son of Josiah king, instead of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim,—and, Jehoahaz, took he away, so he entered Egypt, and died there.

Ezekiel 19:6Yea he went to and fro amidst lions A young lion, he became,- And he learned to rend prey. Men, he devoured;

Ezekiel 32:2Son of man Take up a dirge over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and thou shalt say unto him. The young lion of the nations, thou didst deem thyself,- Whereas thou, wast like the crocodile in the seas, And didst cause thy streams to burst forth And didst trouble the waters with thy feet, And foul 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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