New King James Version
Ezekiel 19:1
1“Moreover take up a lamentation 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 Living Translation (NLT)“Sing this funeral song for the princes of Israel:
Context of Ezekiel 19:1
“Moreover take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 2and say: ‘What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs. 3She brought up one of her cubs, And he became a young lion; He learned to catch prey, And he devoured men.
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וְאַתָּה֙ שָׂ֣א קִינָ֔ה אֶל־נְשִׂיאֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ezekiel 19:1
- Ezekiel 19:14Fire has come out from a rod of her branches And devoured her fruit, So that she has no strong branch— a scepter for ruling.’ ” This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.
- Ezekiel 2:10Then He spread it before me; and there was writing on the inside and on the outside, and written on it were lamentations and mourning and woe.
- Ezekiel 26:17And they will take up a lamentation for you, and say to you: “How you have perished, O one inhabited by seafaring men, O renowned city, Who was strong at sea, She and her inhabitants, Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!
- Ezekiel 27:2“Now, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,
- Ezekiel 32:16“This is the lamentation With which they shall lament her; The daughters of the nations shall lament her; They shall lament for her, for Egypt, And for all her multitude,” Says the Lord God.’ ”
- Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were waters, And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!
- Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not hear it, My soul will weep in secret for your pride; My eyes will weep bitterly And run down with tears, Because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
- 2 Kings 23:29In his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went to the aid of the king of Assyria, to the River Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him. And Pharaoh Necho killed him at Megiddo when he confronted him.
- 2 Kings 24:6So Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 25:5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him.
- 2 Chronicles 35:25Jeremiah also lamented for Josiah. And to this day all the singing men and the singing women speak of Josiah in their lamentations. They made it a custom in Israel; and indeed they are written in the Laments.
- 2 Chronicles 36:3Now the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
- Jeremiah 22:10Weep not for the dead, nor bemoan him; Weep bitterly for him who goes away, For he shall return no more, Nor see his native country.
- Jeremiah 22:19He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, Dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 24:1The Lord showed me, and there were two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:10Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. And he killed 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
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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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