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Ezekiel 19:1
1‘Sing this sad funeral song for the leaders 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
‘Sing this sad funeral song for the leaders of Israel. 2Say this: “Your mother was like a great lion among the other lions. She lay among strong young lions. She helped her children to grow safely. 3She taught one of her children to catch animals for food. As he grew, he started to eat people.
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וְאַתָּה֙ שָׂ֣א קִינָ֔ה אֶל־נְשִׂיאֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 19:1
- Ezekiel 19:14Fire started to burn its strongest branch. From there the fire destroyed its other branches and its fruit. No strong branch remained in the vine. Now there was nothing to make a ruler's stick of authority.” This is a funeral song. It tells a very sad story.’
- Ezekiel 2:10He opened the scroll so that I could see inside it. I saw words that were written on both sides of the scroll. There were sad funeral songs, and words about great trouble that make you weep.
- Ezekiel 26:17Then they will sing this funeral song about you: “City that was famous for your great sailors, now your power has gone! In the past, you made many people afraid, as your brave men travelled across the sea.
- Ezekiel 27:2‘Son of man, sing a funeral song about Tyre.
- Ezekiel 32:16That is the funeral song that they will sing about Egypt. Women of many nations will sing it. They will sing it because of the death of Egypt and all her people. That is what the Almighty Lord says.’
- Jeremiah 9:1‘My head should be like a pool of water. My eyes should be like a river of tears. Then I would never stop crying for my dear people who have died in war.
- Jeremiah 13:17If you refuse to listen to God's message, I will hide myself and I will weep. Because you are so proud, tears will pour from my eyes. I will cry because the Lord has sent his own people away as prisoners to a foreign land.
- 2 Kings 23:29While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Necho, the king of Egypt, took his army up to the River Euphrates. He went there to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah took his army to fight against Pharaoh Necho. But Necho killed Josiah in a battle at Megiddo.
- 2 Kings 24:6Jehoiakim died and they buried him beside his ancestors. His son Jehoiachin became king after him.
- 2 Kings 25:5But the soldiers of Babylon's army chased after the king. They caught him on the flat land near Jericho. All King Zedekiah's soldiers ran away from him in many directions.
- 2 Chronicles 35:25Jeremiah wrote sad songs about Josiah's death. The male and female singers still sing these songs to remember Josiah, even today. The songs have become something that the people of Israel always like to sing. They are written in a book called ‘The book of sad songs’.
- 2 Chronicles 36:3The king of Egypt stopped Jehoahaz from ruling in Jerusalem. He made Judah pay tax to him. It was 3,400 kilograms of silver and 34 kilograms of gold.
- Jeremiah 22:10Do not weep because the king is dead. Do not be sad that he no longer lives. Instead, weep for the king that has gone away. He will never return to see his own land again.
- Jeremiah 22:19Instead, they will bury him like a dead donkey. They will pull his dead body to the city's gate. They will throw it on the ground outside Jerusalem.’
- Jeremiah 24:1King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took Jeconiah away as his prisoner. Jeconiah was the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar also took all Jeconiah's officers and the workers in Judah who had special skills. He took them all away from Jerusalem to Babylon as his prisoners. After that happened, the Lord showed me a vision. I saw two baskets of figs. Somebody had put them in front of the Lord's temple.
- Jeremiah 52:10He told his soldiers to kill all Zedekiah's sons, while Zedekiah watched. He also punished all the officers of Judah with death there at 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
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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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