Thematic Bible
Ezekiel 19:1 (show verse)
“Now, lament for the princes of Israel
Ezekiel 19:2 (show verse)
and say:
What was your mother? A lioness!
She lay down among the lions;
she reared her cubs among the young lions.
She lay down among the lions;
she reared her cubs among the young lions.
Ezekiel 19:3 (show verse)
and he became a young lion.
After he learned to tear prey,
he devoured people.
Ezekiel 19:4 (show verse)
he was caught in their pit.
Then they led him away with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 19:5 (show verse)
that her hope was lost,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a young lion.
Ezekiel 19:6 (show verse)
and he became a young lion.
After he learned to tear prey,
he devoured people.
Ezekiel 19:7 (show verse)
and destroyed their cities.
The land and everything in it shuddered
at the sound of his roaring.
Ezekiel 19:8 (show verse)
set out against him.
They spread their net over him;
he was caught in their pit.
Ezekiel 19:9 (show verse)
and led him away to the king of Babylon.
They brought him into the fortresses
so his roar could no longer be heard
on the mountains of Israel.
Ezekiel 19:10 (show verse)
planted by the water;
it was fruitful and full of branches
because of plentiful waters.
Ezekiel 19:11 (show verse)
its height towered among the clouds.
So it was conspicuous for its height
as well as its many branches.
Ezekiel 19:12 (show verse)
thrown to the ground,
and the east wind dried up its fruit.
Its strong branches were torn off and dried up;
fire consumed them.
Ezekiel 19:13 (show verse)
in a dry and thirsty land.
Ezekiel 19:14 (show verse)
and has devoured its fruit,
so that it no longer has a strong branch,
a scepter for ruling.
This is a lament and should be used as a lament.”