Ezekiel 19:6

Yea he went to and fro amidst lions 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 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 she saw she had waited Lost was her hope, Then took she another of her whelps. A young lion, she made him.

7And he injured his widows, And their cities, laid waste,- And deserted was the land and its fulness, At the noise of his roaring.

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Cross References

2 Kings 24:1In his days, came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,—and Jehoiakim became his servant three years, then turned he and rebelled against him.

2 Chronicles 36:5Twenty-five years old, was Jehoiakim when he began to reign, and, eleven years, reigned he in Jerusalem,—and he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh his God.

Jeremiah 22:13Alas! for him who buildeth his house without righteousness, And his roof-chambers without justice,—Of his neighbour, taketh service for nought, And recompense for his work, giveth him not.

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