Ezekiel 19:2

Ezekiel 19:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
• New International Version (NIV)and say: “ ‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among them and reared her cubs.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and say: ‘What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.

Context of Ezekiel 19:2

1“As for you, take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) for the princes of Israel and say, ‘What was your mother [Jerusalem and Judah]? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs. 3When she [the royal mother-city] brought up [Jehoahaz] one of her cubs, He became a [young] lion, And he learned to catch and tear the prey; He devoured men. 4The nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 19:2 word by word

וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ מָ֤ה אִמְּךָ֙ לְבִיָּ֔א בֵּ֥ין אֲרָי֖וֹת רָבָ֑צָה בְּת֥וֹךְ כְּפִרִ֖ים רִבְּתָ֥ה גוּרֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• thy motherאֵם'êm · motherH517
• A lionessלְבִיָּאlâbîy' lebîyâ' lebâ'îym lebâ'ôth · lionessH3833
• she lay downרָבַץrâbats · to stretchH7257
• among lionsאֲרִי'ărîy 'aryêh · lionH738
• she nourishedרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• her whelpsגּוּרgûr gûr · whelpH1482
• amongתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• young lionsכְּפִירkephîyr · lionH3715

Cross-references for Ezekiel 19:2

• Nahum 2:11Where is the den of the lions (Assyria) And the feeding place of the young lions, Where the lion, lioness, and lion’s cub prowled With nothing to fear?
• Zephaniah 3:1Woe (judgment is coming) to her who is rebellious and defiled, The tyrannical city [Jerusalem]!
• Job 4:11The lion perishes for lack of prey, And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
• Psalms 58:6O God, break their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.
• Isaiah 5:29Their roaring is like a lioness, they roar like young lions; They growl and seize their prey And carry it off and there is no one to save it.
• Isaiah 11:6And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, And the leopard will lie down with the young goat, And the calf and the young lion and the fatted steer together; And a little child will lead them.
• Zechariah 11:3There is a sound of the shepherds’ wail, For their splendor (grazing land) is ruined; There is a sound of the young lions’ roar, For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 19:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2What is thy mother? A lioness - Judea may here be the mother; the lioness, Jerusalem. Her lying down among lions, her having confederacy with the neighboring kings; for lion here means king.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Thy mother - The people represented by Judah. Compare Genesis 49:9; Numbers 23:24.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-4The first picture shows a lioness and one of her cubs, whom she chose as the leader of her group. This cub represents Jehoahaz, who ruled for only three months before Pharaoh Neco took him to Egypt (2 Kings 23:33–34). tear his prey … devoured men: The prophet describes Jehoahaz’s short reign in completely negative terms. He presents his rule as evil and harmful. In ancient times, hunters often caught lions with a net and a pit. In this passage, that…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. thy mother--the mother of Jehoiachin, the representative of David's line in exile with Ezekiel. The "mother" is Judea: "a lioness," as being fierce in catching prey (Eze 19:3), referring to her heathenish practices. Jerusalem was called Ariel (the lion of God) in a good sense (Is 29:1); and Judah "a lion's whelp ... a lion ... an old lion" (Ge 49:9), to which, as also to Nu 23:24; 24:9, this passage alludes. nourished ... among young lions--She herself…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings