Ezekiel 19:1

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

And thou, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 2and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions. 3And she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

Ezekiel 19:1 word by word

וְאַתָּה֙ שָׂ֣א קִינָ֔ה אֶל־נְשִׂיאֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

• takeנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: loudH5375
• lamentationקִינָהqîynâh · dirgeH7015
• princesנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · leaderH5387
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Ezekiel 19:1

• Ezekiel 19:14and a fire is gone out of a rod of its branches, [which] hath devoured its fruit; so that it hath no strong rod to be a sceptre for ruling. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
• Ezekiel 2:10And he spread it out before me; and it was written within and without; and there were written in it lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
• Ezekiel 26:17And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How hast thou perished, that wast inhabited from the seas, O renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, — she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all them that dwell therein!
• Ezekiel 27:2And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,
• Ezekiel 32:16It is a lamentation, and [thus] they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall say it in lamenting; they shall say it in lamenting over Egypt and over all her multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• Jeremiah 9:1Oh that my head were waters, and mine eye a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
• Jeremiah 13:17And if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is gone into captivity.
• 2 Kings 23:29In his days Pharaoh-Nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and king Josiah went against him; but [Nechoh] slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
• 2 Kings 24:6And Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
• 2 Kings 25:5And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
• 2 Chronicles 35:25And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah; and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance for Israel. And behold, they are written in the lamentations.
• 2 Chronicles 36:3And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and imposed a fine upon the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
• Jeremiah 22:10Weep not for the dead, neither bemoan him; [but] weep sore for him that goeth away, for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
• Jeremiah 22:19He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, dragged along and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 24:1Jehovah shewed me, and behold, two baskets of figs, set before the temple of Jehovah, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive from Jerusalem, Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, and the craftsmen and smiths, and had brought them to Babylon.
• Jeremiah 52:10And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; and he slaughtered also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.

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

Topics related to Ezekiel 19:1

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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