Ezekiel 19:2–6
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19:2and say:
“ ‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions!
She lay among young lions;2 she reared her cubs.
19:3She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion.
He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.3
19:4The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit.
They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.4
19:5“ ‘When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope was lost.
She took another of her cubs5 and made him a young lion.
19:6He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion.
He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.
Footnotes
- 2 Lions probably refer to Judahite royalty and/or nobility. The lioness appears to symbolize the Davidic dynasty, though some see the referent as Hamutal, the wife of Josiah and mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah. Gen 49:9 seems to be the background for Judah being compared to lions.
- 3 Heb “a man.”
- 4 The description applies to king Jehoahaz (2 Kgs 23:31–34; Jer 22:10–12).
- 5 The identity of this second lion is unclear; the referent is probably Jehoiakim or Zedekiah. If the lioness is Hamutal, then Zedekiah is the lion described here.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
and say:
What was your mother? A lioness!
Among lions she crouched;
in the midst of young lions
she reared her cubs.
And she brought up one of her cubs;
he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch prey;
he devoured men.
The nations heard about him;
he was caught in their pit,
and they brought him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
When she saw that she waited in vain,
that her hope was lost,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a young lion.
He prowled among the lions;
he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch prey;
he devoured men,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
and say:
“ ‘What a lioness was your mother
among the lions!
She lay down among them
and reared her cubs.
She brought up one of her cubs,
and he became a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
and he became a man-eater.
The nations heard about him,
and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
“ ‘When she saw her hope unfulfilled,
her expectation gone,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a strong lion.
He prowled among the lions,
for he was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
and he became a man-eater.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
and say:
What was your mother? A lioness!
She lay down among the lions;
she reared her cubs among the young lions.
She brought up one of her cubs,
and he became a young lion.
After he learned to tear prey,
he devoured people.
When the nations heard about him,
he was caught in their pit.
Then they led him away with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
When she saw that she waited in vain,
that her hope was lost,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a young lion.
He prowled among the lions,
and he became a young lion.
After he learned to tear prey,
he devoured people.
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NLTNew Living Translation
“What is your mother?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among the young lions
and reared her cubs.
She raised one of her cubs
to become a strong young lion.
He learned to hunt and devour prey,
and he became a man-eater.
Then the nations heard about him,
and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him away with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
“When the lioness saw
that her hopes for him were gone,
she took another of her cubs
and taught him to be a strong young lion.
He prowled among the other lions
and stood out among them in his strength.
He learned to hunt and devour prey,
and he, too, became a man-eater.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
and you must say,
‘What a lioness was your mother
among the lions.
She lay down in the midst of young lions,
and she reared her lion cubs.
And she raised up one from her cubs;
he became a fierce lion,
and he learned to tear prey;
he ate humans.
And nations heard about him;
in their pit he was caught,
and they brought him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
And she saw that she was waiting in vain;
her hope was destroyed,
and she took one from her cubs,
and she made him a fierce lion.
And he walked about in the midst of lions;
he became a fierce lion,
and he learned to tear prey;
he ate humans.
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KJV 1900King James Version
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. 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. 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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