Ezekiel 19:3

Ezekiel 19:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
• New International Version (NIV)She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.
• New King James Version (NKJV)She brought up one of her cubs, And he became a young lion; He learned to catch prey, And he devoured men.

Context of Ezekiel 19:3

1“As for you, take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) for the princes of Israel 2and say, ‘What was your mother [Jerusalem and Judah]? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs. When 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. 5When she saw, as she waited, That her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs And made him a young lion.

Ezekiel 19:3 word by word

וַתַּ֛עַל אֶחָ֥ד מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָ כְּפִ֣יר הָיָ֑ה וַיִּלְמַ֥ד לִטְרָף־טֶ֖רֶף אָדָ֥ם אָכָֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And she brought upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• of her whelpsגּוּרgûr gûr · whelpH1482
• it became a young lionכְּפִירkephîyr · lionH3715
• and it learnedלָמַדlâmad · to learn: learnH3925
• to catchטָרַףţâraph · to tearH2963
• the preyטֶ֫רֶףţereph · preyH2964
• it devouredאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• menאָדָם'âdâm · manH120

Cross-references for Ezekiel 19:3

• Ezekiel 19:6And he moved among the lions; He became a young lion, He learned to tear the prey; He devoured men.
• 2 Kings 23:31Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned for [only] three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
• 2 Chronicles 36:1Then the people of the land took Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 19:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3She brought up one of her whelps - Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, whose father was conquered and slain by Pharaoh-necho, king of Egypt. It learned to catch the prey - His reign was a reign of oppression and cruelty. He made his subjects his prey, and devoured their substance.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Compare the marginal reference. The short reign of Jehoahaz was marked by violence and idolatry, and was closed by Pharaoh-Necho‘s carrying him captive into Egypt.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. 33. young lion--Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, carried captive from Riblah to Egypt by Pharaoh-necho (2Ki 23:33).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 19:3

• Lion
• Parables

In the dictionaries

• Hunting
• Shallum
• Captivity
• Ezekiel
• Judah, Kingdom of
• Whelp

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