Ezekiel 19:5
in Ezekiel 19When 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
KJV
Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
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This verse in Ezekiel 19
Commentary
6 notes on this verseWhen she saw that she had waited - Being very weak, the Jews found that they could not resist with any hope of success; so the king of Egypt was permitted to do as he pleased. She took another of her whelps - Jehoiakim. And made him a young lion - King of Judea.
This site's exposition
took another of her whelps
on Ezekiel 19:5-9
When the mother's hope in the first whelp is lost she raises a second, who is likewise taken, this time to Babylon rather than Egypt. His voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel, a throne silenced rather than a man merely exiled.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter 19, verses 1 onwards) And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, and say: Why did your mother, a lioness, lie down among lions? In the midst of young lions she raised her cubs. And one of her cubs grew up, he became a lion and learned to catch prey and devour men. The nations heard about him and captured him in their own traps, and they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Now when she saw,....
That kingdom and that house are here compared to a vine, and these princes to branches, which had been strong and flourishing, but were now broken off and burnt,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost--that is, that her long-waited-for hope was disappointed, Jehoahaz not being restored to her from Egypt. she took another of her whelps--Jehoiakim, brother of Jehoahaz, who was placed on the throne by Pharaoh (2Ki 23:34), according to the wish of Judah.
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The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ | vatere' | and she saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| נֽוֹחֲלָ֔ה | nochalah | she waited | H3176 → | |
| אָבְדָ֖ה | ʾavedah | it was lost | H6 → | 184 times |
| תִּקְוָתָ֑הּ | tikvatah | hope her | H8615 → | |
| וַתִּקַּ֛ח | vatikach | and she took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֶחָ֥ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָ | migureiha | of cubs her | H1482 → | 7 times |
| כְּפִ֥יר | kefir | a young lion | H3715 → | 32 times |
| שָׂמָֽתְהוּ׃ | samatehu | she made it | H7760 → | 584 times |
וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙and she saw
vatere'H7200 →1300 times
כִּ֣יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
נֽוֹחֲלָ֔הshe waited
nochalahH3176 →
אָבְדָ֖הit was lost
ʾavedahH6 →184 times
תִּקְוָתָ֑הּhope her
tikvatahH8615 →
וַתִּקַּ֛חand she took
vatikachH3947 →966 times
אֶחָ֥דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָof cubs her
migureihaH1482 →7 times
כְּפִ֥ירa young lion
kefirH3715 →32 times
שָׂמָֽתְהוּ׃she made it
samatehuH7760 →584 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
4 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 19:3She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 23:31–32
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
- Ezekiel 19:6
He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
- Ezekiel 22:25
The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
- 2 Chronicles 36:1–2
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
- 2 Kings 23:31–32
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.