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Ezekiel 19:1

“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel

2 and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

3 She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel
KJV
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
WEB
“Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
ASV
Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
DARBY
And thou, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
BLB
[“] And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
ÅB
Og du, stem i en klagesang over Israels fyrster
OTB
"Løft en klagesang for Israels fyrster
B1930
Og du, stem i en klagesang over Israels fyrster

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 26:17

    Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men— she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!

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  • Ezekiel 27:2

    “Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.

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  • 2 Kings 23:29–30

    At the end of Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.

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  • 2 Kings 24:12

    Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.

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  • 2 Kings 25:5–7

    but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.

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  • Ezekiel 19:14

    Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”

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  • 2 Kings 24:6

    And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.

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  • Ezekiel 2:10

    which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.

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