Ezekiel 19:1-4
World English Bible
19 “Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 2 and say,
‘What was your mother?
A lioness.
She couched among lions,
in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
3 She brought up one of her cubs.
He became a young lion.
He learned to catch the prey.
He devoured men.
4 The nations also heard of him.
He was taken in their pit;
and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 19:1-4
International Standard Version
A Prophecy against Israel’s Nobles
19 “Now as for you, publish[a] this mourning psalm about Israel’s leaders. 2 Tell them:
‘What a lioness your mother was among lions!
She reared her cubs in the midst of fierce young males.
3 She raised one cub in particular,
teaching that fierce lion to become a hunter-prowler—
to eat human beings.
4 The nations heard about him.
He had become caught in their trap.[b]
They brought him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 19:1 Lit. sound forth
- Ezekiel 19:4 Lit. pit
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