Ezekiel 19
Legacy Standard Bible
A Lament for the Princes of Israel
19 “As for you, take up a (A)lamentation for the (B)princes of Israel 2 and say,
‘[a]What was your mother?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among young lions;
She reared her cubs.
3 So she brought up one of her cubs;
He became a lion,
And he learned to tear his prey;
He devoured men.
4 Then nations heard about him;
He was captured in their pit,
And they (C)brought him with hooks
To the land of Egypt.
5 Then she saw, as she waited,
That her hope was lost,
So she took [b]another of her cubs
And made him a young lion.
6 And he (D)walked about among the lions;
He became a young lion;
He learned to tear his prey;
He devoured men.
7 He [c]knew how to destroy their [d]fortified towers
And laid waste their cities;
And the land was in desolation, as well as its fullness
Because of the sound of his roaring.
8 Then (E)nations put themselves against him
All around from their provinces,
And they spread their net over him;
He was captured in their pit.
9 (F)They put him in a cage with hooks
And (G)brought him to the king of Babylon;
They brought him in hunting nets
So that his voice would be heard no more
On the mountains of Israel.
10 Your mother was (H)like a vine in your [e]vineyard,
Planted by the waters;
It was fruitful and full of branches
Because of abundant waters.
11 And it had [f](I)strong thick branches fit for scepters of rulers,
And its (J)height was exalted above the clouds
So that it was seen in its exaltedness with the mass of its foliage.
12 But it was (K)uprooted in wrath;
It was (L)cast down to the ground;
And the (M)east wind dried up its fruit.
Its [g](N)strong thick branch [h]was torn off
So that [i]it dried up;
The fire consumed it.
13 So now it is planted in the (O)wilderness,
In a dry and thirsty land.
14 And (P)fire has gone out from its thick branch;
It has consumed its shoots and fruit,
So that there is not in it a [j]strong thick branch,
A scepter to rule.’”
This is a lamentation and has become a lamentation.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 19:2 Or Why did your mother, a lioness, lie down among lions; among young lions rear her cubs?
- Ezekiel 19:5 Lit one
- Ezekiel 19:7 Targum destroy
- Ezekiel 19:7 Or widows
- Ezekiel 19:10 As in some ancient mss; M.T. blood
- Ezekiel 19:11 Lit rods of strength
- Ezekiel 19:12 Lit rods of her strength
- Ezekiel 19:12 As in Gr; M.T. they were
- Ezekiel 19:12 As in Gr; M.T. they
- Ezekiel 19:14 Lit rod of strength
Ezekiel 19
English Standard Version
A Lament for the Princes of Israel
19 And you, (A)take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 2 and say:
What was your mother? (B)A lioness!
Among lions she crouched;
in the midst of young lions
she reared her cubs.
3 And she brought up one of her cubs;
(C)he became a young lion,
(D)and he learned to catch prey;
he devoured men.
4 The nations heard about him;
(E)he was caught in their pit,
(F)and they brought him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
5 When she saw that she waited in vain,
that her hope was lost,
(G)she took another of her cubs
and made him a young lion.
6 He prowled among the lions;
he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch prey;
he devoured men,
7 and seized[a] their widows.
He laid waste their cities,
and the land was appalled and all who were in it
at the sound of his roaring.
8 (H)Then the nations set against him
from provinces on every side;
(I)they spread their net over him;
(J)he was taken in their pit.
9 With hooks (K)they put him in a cage[b]
and (L)brought him to the king of Babylon;
they brought him into custody,
that his voice should no more be heard
on (M)the mountains of Israel.
10 Your mother was (N)like a vine in a vineyard[c]
planted by the water,
(O)fruitful and full of branches
(P)by reason of abundant water.
11 Its strong stems became
rulers' scepters;
it towered aloft
among the thick boughs;[d]
it was seen in its height
with the mass of its branches.
12 But the vine was plucked up in fury,
cast down to the ground;
(Q)the east wind dried up its fruit;
they were stripped off and withered.
As for its strong stem,
fire consumed it.
13 (R)Now it is planted in the wilderness,
in a dry and thirsty land.
14 (S)And fire has gone out from the stem of its shoots,
has consumed its fruit,
(T)so that there remains in it no strong stem,
no scepter for ruling.
This is (U)a lamentation and has become a lamentation.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 19:7 Hebrew knew
- Ezekiel 19:9 Or in a wooden collar
- Ezekiel 19:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts in your blood
- Ezekiel 19:11 Or the clouds
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