Ezekiel 19
Holman Christian Standard Bible
A Lament for Israel’s Princes
19 “Now, lament for the princes of Israel(A) 2 and say:
What was your mother? A lioness!
She lay down among the lions;
she reared her cubs among the young lions.
3 She brought up one of her cubs,
and he became a young lion.(B)
After he learned to tear prey,
he devoured people.
4 When the nations heard about him,
he was caught in their pit.
Then they led him away with hooks
to the land of Egypt.(C)
5 When she saw that she waited in vain,
that her hope was lost,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a young lion.
6 He prowled among the lions,(D)
and he became a young lion.
After he learned to tear prey,
he devoured people.
7 He devastated their strongholds[a]
and destroyed their cities.
The land and everything in it shuddered
at the sound of his roaring.
8 Then the nations from the surrounding provinces
set out against him.(E)
They spread their net over him;
he was caught in their pit.
9 They put a wooden yoke on him[b] with hooks(F)
and led him away to the king of Babylon.
They brought him into the fortresses
so his roar could no longer be heard
on the mountains of Israel.(G)
10 Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard,[c](H)
planted by the water;
it was fruitful and full of branches(I)
because of plentiful waters.
11 It had strong branches, fit for the scepters of rulers;
its height towered among the clouds.[d]
So it was conspicuous for its height
as well as its many branches.
12 But it was uprooted in fury,(J)
thrown to the ground,
and the east wind dried up its fruit.
Its strong branches were torn off and dried up;(K)
fire consumed them.
13 Now it is planted in the wilderness,(L)
in a dry and thirsty land.
14 Fire has gone out from its main branch[e]
and has devoured its fruit,
so that it no longer has a strong branch,
a scepter for ruling.(M)
This is a lament and should be used as a lament.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 19:7 Tg, Aq; MT reads knew their widows
- Ezekiel 19:9 Or put him in a cage
- Ezekiel 19:10 Some Hb mss; other Hb mss read blood
- Ezekiel 19:11 Or thick foliage
- Ezekiel 19:14 Lit from the branch of its parts
Ezekiel 19
Lexham English Bible
Lament for the Leaders of Israel
19 “And you, raise a lament about[a] the leaders of Israel, 2 and you must say,
‘What a lioness was your mother
among the lions.
She lay down in the midst of young lions,
and she reared her lion cubs.
3 And she raised up one from her cubs;
he became a fierce lion,
and he learned to tear prey;
he ate[b] humans.[c]
4 And nations heard about him;
in their pit he was caught,
and they brought him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
5 And she saw[d] that she was waiting in vain;
her hope was destroyed,
and she took one from her cubs,
and she made him a fierce lion.
6 And he walked about in the midst of lions;
he became a fierce lion,
and he learned to tear prey;
he ate[e] humans.[f]
7 And he knew their widows,[g]
and he devastated their cities,
and the land was appalled, and everyone in it[h]
at the sound of his roar.
8 And nations set out against him
from the surrounding provinces,[i]
and they spread their net over him,
and he was caught in their pit.
9 And they put him in a collar with hooks,
and they brought him to the king of Babylon;
they brought him into[j] a prison,
so that his voice would not be heard any longer[k]
on the mountains of Israel.
10 Your mother was like the vine in your vineyard;[l]
planted fruitfully[m] beside water,
and it was full of branches
from many waters.[n]
11 And she produced branches of strength[o]
to[p] scepters of rulers;
its height became tall
between[q] thick foliage,
and it was seen[r] because of its tallness
among the abundance of its branches.
12 But it was uprooted in rage;
it was thrown to the earth,
and the east wind dried up its fruit;
they were stripped off,
and its strong branch dried up;
fire consumed it.
13 And now it is planted in the desert,
in a dry and thirsty land.[s]
14 And so fire has gone out from the stem of its branches;
its fruit it has consumed,
and there was not in it a strong branch,[t]
a scepter for ruling.’”
This is a lament, and it will be used as a lament.[u]
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 19:1 Or “over”
- Ezekiel 19:3 Or “devoured”
- Ezekiel 19:3 Hebrew “human”
- Ezekiel 19:5 Or “realized”
- Ezekiel 19:6 Or “devoured”
- Ezekiel 19:6 Hebrew “human”
- Ezekiel 19:7 Or “ravished/raped”; or “he ravaged their strongholds”
- Ezekiel 19:7 Literally “its fullness”
- Ezekiel 19:8 Literally “all around from the provinces”
- Ezekiel 19:9 Hebrew “in”
- Ezekiel 19:9 Literally “longer”
- Ezekiel 19:10 Or “in the vineyard”
- Ezekiel 19:10 Literally “fruitful”
- Ezekiel 19:10 Or “from waters abundant/many”
- Ezekiel 19:11 Literally “they became to her branches/rods of strength”
- Ezekiel 19:11 Or “for”
- Ezekiel 19:11 Or “among”
- Ezekiel 19:11 Or “visible”
- Ezekiel 19:13 Literally “a land of dryness and thirst”
- Ezekiel 19:14 Literally “a branch of strength”
- Ezekiel 19:14 Literally “she is for a lament”
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