Ezekiel 19:1-4
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.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 19:1 Or “over”
- Ezekiel 19:3 Or “devoured”
- Ezekiel 19:3 Hebrew “human”
Ezekiel 19:1-4
Christian Standard Bible
A Lament for Israel’s Princes
19 “As for you, take up a 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)
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