Ezekiel 19:2

and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

3And she brought up one of her whelps; he became a young lion: and he learned to catch the prey, he devoured men.

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Cross References

Job 4:11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

Isaiah 5:29their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.

Nahum 2:11Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?

Zechariah 11:3A voice of the howling of the shepherds! for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.

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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