Ezekiel 19:6
in Ezekiel 19He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
KJV
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
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This verse in Ezekiel 19
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd he went up and down among the lions - He became a perfect heathen, and made Judea as idolatrous as any of the surrounding nations. He reigned eleven years, a monster of iniquity, 2Ki 23:30, etc.
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.
This site's exposition
He prowled among the lions
Wesley and Clarke name this young lion Jehoiakim, the king who prowled among the kings of the nations for eleven years. Others name Jehoiachin, brought to Babylon after three months. Second Chronicles 36:6 has Jehoiakim bound for Babylon too.
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 Awakening3 voices
Went up - He continued eleven years on the throne; whereas Jehoahaz was taken as soon as he first ventured out. The lions - Heathen kings, with whom he entered into leagues.
And he went up and down among the lions,....
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ | vaiyithalekh | and it went about | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בְּתוֹךְ־ | betokh- | in among | H8432 → | 418 times |
| אֲרָי֖וֹת | ʾarayot | lions | H738 → | 80 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 |
וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְand it went about
vaiyithalekhH1980 →1546 times
בְּתוֹךְ־in among
betokh-H8432 →418 times
אֲרָי֖וֹתlions
ʾarayotH738 →80 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
5 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
2 Chronicles 36:5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 23:36–37
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.
- Jeremiah 22:13–19
“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,
- Jeremiah 26:1
At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:
- Jeremiah 36:27–32
After the king had burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
- Jeremiah 26:21–23
King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went…
- 2 Kings 23:36–37
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; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; 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.