Ezekiel 19:2
1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
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.
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 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.
Read in contextPsalms 58:6
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Read in contextZechariah 11:3
There 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.
Read in contextNahum 2:11–12
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?
Read in contextZephaniah 3:1–4
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
Read in contextIsaiah 11:6–9
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Read in contextJob 4:11
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
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