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A.A lioness and the two cubs taken in pitsvv. 1-9

1 “As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel 2 and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs. 3 She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men. 4 When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt. 5 When she saw that she had 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, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men. 7 He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring. 8 Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit. 9 With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.

B.The fruitful vine plucked up and dried in the desertvv. 10-14

10 Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters. 11 It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage. 12 But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them. 13 Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. 14 Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”

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Chapter summary

A funeral song for the princes of Israel.

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A funeral song for the princes of Israel. The mother is a lioness among lions; she rears one whelp that learns to catch prey and is taken with hooks to Egypt, then another brought in a cage to the king of Babylon: Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin, the crown carried off twice. The image shifts to a vine planted by the waters, full of branches, with strong rods for the sceptres of them that bear rule; but she is plucked up in fury, dried by the east wind, and fire goes out of the rod of her branches. Now planted in a dry land, she has 'no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.'

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Ezekiel — Ezekiel overview

  • A. 1–9 A lioness and the two cubs taken in pits
  • B. 10–14 The fruitful vine plucked up and dried in the desert
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    • Ezekiel 19:4When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
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