Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, she took another of her [a]whelps, and made him a lion.

Which went among the lions, and became a lion, and learned to catch the prey, and he devoured [b]men.

And he knew their widows, and he destroyed their cities, and the land was wasted, and all that was therein by the noise of his roaring.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:5 Which was Jehoiakim.
  2. Ezekiel 19:6 He slew of the prophets, and them that feared God, and ravished their wives.

“‘When she saw her hope unfulfilled,
    her expectation gone,
she took another of her cubs(A)
    and made him a strong lion.(B)
He prowled among the lions,
    for he was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
    and he became a man-eater.(C)
He broke down[a] their strongholds
    and devastated(D) their towns.
The land and all who were in it
    were terrified by his roaring.

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  1. Ezekiel 19:7 Targum (see Septuagint); Hebrew He knew