Ezekiel 19

Ezekiel · Chapter 19

Ezekiel 19:2

1Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,2And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.3And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.4The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.5Now 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.6And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.7And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.8Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.9And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.10Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.11And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.12But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.13And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.14And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
2And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and you will sayוְאָמַרְתָּ֗ve-'a-mar-TAH0559
to say

אָמַר (a.mar) 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch Aramaic equivalent: a.mar (אֲמַר "to say" H0560)

what?מָ֤הmahH4100
what

מָא (ma) 1) what, whatever 1a) what? 1b) whatever, what, whatsoever 1c) how?, why?, wherefore? (with prefixes)

[was] mother yourאִמְּךָ֙'i-me-KHAH0517
mother

אֵם (em) 1) mother 1a) of humans 1b) of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.) 1c) of animals 2) point of departure or division

a lionessלְבִיָּ֔אle-vi-YA'H3833B
lioness

לְבִיָּא (le.viy.ya) lioness Another spelling of la.vi (לָבִיא "lion" H3833C)

betweenבֵּ֥יןbeinH0996H
between

בַּ֫יִן (ba.yin) : between between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between

lionsאֲרָי֖וֹת'a-ra-YOTH0738A
lion

אֲרִי (a.ri) 1) lion 1a) pictures or images of lions

she lay downרָבָ֑צָהra-VA-tzahH7257
to stretch

רָבַץ (ra.vats) 1) to stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out 1a) (Qal) to lie down, lie 1b)(Hiphil) to cause to lie down 1b1) laying (stones)

in amongבְּת֥וֹךְbe-TOKHH8432
midst

תָּ֫וֶךְ (ta.vekh) 1) midst, middle 1a) midst, middle 1b) into, through (after verbs of motion) 1c) among (of a number of persons) 1d) between (of things arranged by twos) 1e) from among (as to take or separate etc)

young lionsכְּפִרִ֖יםke-fi-RIMH3715A
lion

כְּפִיר (ke.phir) young lion

she rearedרִבְּתָ֥הri-be-TAHH7235A
to multiply

רָבָה (ra.vah) 1) be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to become many, become numerous, multiply (of people, animals, things) 1a2) to be or grow great 1b) (Piel) to make large, enlarge, increase, become many 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make much, make many, have many 1c1a) to multiply, increase 1c1b) to make much to do, do much in respect of, transgress greatly 1c1c) to increase greatly or exceedingly 1c2) to make great, enlarge, do much Aramaic equivalent: re.vah (רְבָה "to grow great" H7236)

cubs herגוּרֶֽיהָ׃gu-REI-haH1482
whelp

גּוּר (gur) cub, whelp, young

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.