Ezekiel 19:2

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

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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

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

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

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Cross References

Job 4:11The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps 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 shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

Nahum 2:11Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's offspring, and none made them afraid?

Zechariah 11:3There is a 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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