Ezekiel 19:2
1 “As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel
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.
4 When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
- KJV
- And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
- WEB
- and say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness. She couched among lions, in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
- ASV
- and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
- DARBY
- and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.
- BLB
- and say: ‘What [was] your mother? A lioness among the lions! She stretched out in the midst of young lions; she reared her cubs.
- ÅB
- og si: Hva er din mor? En løvinne. Mellom løver hvilte hun; blant unge løver oppfødde hun sine unger.
- OTB
- og si: 'Hvor lik en løvinne var din mor blant løvene! Hun la seg blant de unge løvene og fostret sine unger.
- B1930
- og si: Hvad er din mor? En løvinne. Mellem løver hvilte hun; blandt unge løver opfødde hun sine unger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 5:29
Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away from deliverance.
Read in contextPsalms 58:6
O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
Read in contextZechariah 11:3
Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.
Read in contextNahum 2:11–12
Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?
Read in contextZephaniah 3:1–4
Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
Read in contextIsaiah 11:6–9
The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.
Read in contextJob 4:11
The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
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