Ezekiel 19:3
in Ezekiel 19She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
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ASV
And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
KJV
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
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This verse in Ezekiel 19
Commentary
9 notes on this verseBrought up - Advanced, caused him to take the throne after the slaughter of Josiah. One - Jehoahaz the second son of Josiah. Became - Soon shewed his fierce, cruel, and bloody disposition.
This site's exposition
brought up one of her whelps
on Ezekiel 19:3-4
The first whelp learns to catch the prey and devour men, then is trapped and dragged in chains to Egypt, a fit matched to Jehoahaz. Gill and Clarke both read taken in their pit as the language of a beast hunt turned on the hunter.
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 Awakening4 voices
9 , He is an old lion; who shall stir him up? ) and, if they had adhered to the divine law and promise, God would have preserved to them the might, and majesty, and dominion of a lion, and does it in Christ, the Lion of the tribe of Judah.
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); he was made king, and thought he was made so that he might do what he pleased, and gratify his own ambition, covetousness, and revenge, as he had a mind; and so he was soon master of all the arts of tyranny; he learned to catch the prey and devoured men.
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And she brought up one of her whelps,....
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,
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
She brought up one of her whelps - Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, whose father was conquered and slain by Pharaoh-necho, king of Egypt. It learned to catch the prey - His reign was a reign of oppression and cruelty. He made his subjects his prey, and devoured their substance.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Compare the marginal reference. The short reign of Jehoahaz was marked by violence and idolatry, and was closed by Pharaoh-Necho’s carrying him captive into Egypt.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתַּ֛עַל | vataal | and she brought up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אֶחָ֥ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָ | migureiha | of cubs her | H1482 → | 7 times |
| כְּפִ֣יר | kefir | a young lion | H3715 → | 32 times |
| הָיָ֑ה | hayah | it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| וַיִּלְמַ֥ד | vaiyilmad | and it learned | H3925 → | |
| לִטְרָף־ | litrof- | to tear | H2963 → | 25 times |
| טֶ֖רֶף | teref | prey | H2964 → | 22 times |
| אָדָ֥ם | ʾadam | human[s] | H120 → | 551 times |
| אָכָֽל׃ | ʾakhal | it devoured | H398 → | 810 times |
וַתַּ֛עַלand she brought up
vataalH5927 →890 times
אֶחָ֥דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָof cubs her
migureihaH1482 →7 times
כְּפִ֣ירa young lion
kefirH3715 →32 times
הָיָ֑הit was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
וַיִּלְמַ֥דand it learned
vaiyilmadH3925 →
לִטְרָף־to tear
litrof-H2963 →25 times
טֶ֖רֶףprey
terefH2964 →22 times
אָדָ֥םhuman[s]
ʾadamH120 →551 times
אָכָֽל׃it devoured
ʾakhalH398 →810 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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 22:25The 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.
it leads to
- Hosea 6:9
Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
- Ezekiel 13:19
You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared…
- Jeremiah 2:34
Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
- Jeremiah 11:9
And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
- Luke 20:47
They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
- Hosea 6:9
Through
Ezekiel 19:6He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 26:1–24
At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:
- Jeremiah 22:13–17
“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
- 2 Chronicles 36:9
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 26:1–24
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.