Berean Standard Bible
Ezekiel 19:1
1“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel
Ezekiel 19:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
- New International Version (NIV)“Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Moreover take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Context of Ezekiel 19:1
“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel 2and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs. 3She 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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וְאַתָּה֙ שָׂ֣א קִינָ֔ה אֶל־נְשִׂיאֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ezekiel 19:1
- Ezekiel 19:14Fire 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.”
- Ezekiel 2:10which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
- Ezekiel 26:17Then 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!
- Ezekiel 27:2“Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.
- Ezekiel 32:16This is the lament they will chant for her; the daughters of the nations will chant it. Over Egypt and all her multitudes they will chant it, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
- Jeremiah 13:17But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
- 2 Kings 23:29During 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.
- 2 Kings 24:6And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 25:5but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.
- 2 Chronicles 35:25Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
- 2 Chronicles 36:3And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
- Jeremiah 22:10Do not weep for him who is dead; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for him who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.
- Jeremiah 22:19He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 24:1After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 52:10There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 19:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Moreover take thou up a lamentation - Declare what is the great subject of sorrow in Israel. Compose a funeral dirge. Show Be melancholy fate of the kings who proceeded from Josiah. The prophet deplores the misfortune of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim, under the figure of two lion whelps, which were taken by hunters, and confined in cages. Next he shows the desolation of Jerusalem under Zedekiah, which he compares to a beautiful vine pulled up by the roots…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Princes of Israel - Israel is the whole nation over which the king of Judah was the rightful sovereign. Compare Ezekiel 2:3; Ezekiel 3:1, Ezekiel 3:7.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1A parable lamenting the ruin of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim. (Ezek 19:1-9) Another describing the desolation of the people. (Ezek 19:10-14) Verses 1-9 Ezekiel is to compare the kingdom of Judah to a lioness. He must compare the kings of Judah to a lion's whelps; they were cruel and oppressive to their own subjects. The righteousness of God is to be acknowledged, when those who have terrified and enslaved others, are themselves terrified and enslaved. When…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-14In the ancient Near East, a funeral song had a special rhythm and style. It usually praised the good qualities of the person who had died. It also compared past glory with the present loss. In this chapter, however, the people being mourned were not yet dead. The song does not praise them. Instead, it lists their sins and failures. This funeral song clearly shows that their judgment was certain and explains why it would happen. The lion (Ezekiel 19:2–9)…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-14There is a tacit antithesis between this lamentation and that of the Jews for their own miseries, into the causes of which, however, they did not inquire. 1. princes of Israel--that is, Judah, whose "princes" alone were recognized by prophecy; those of the ten tribes were, in respect to the theocracy, usurpers.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
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