Ezekiel 19:2
“And say, What is thy mother? a lyonesse: shee lay downe among lions, she nourished her whelpes among yong lions.”
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Ezekiel 19:2 Context
1Moreouer, take thou vp a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 2And say, What is thy mother? a lyonesse: shee lay downe among lions, she nourished her whelpes among yong lions. 3And shee brought vp one of her whelps: it became a yong lion, & it learned to catch the pray, it deuoured men. 4The nations also heard of him, hee was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chaines vnto the land of Egypt.
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Other Translations for Ezekiel 19:2
And say, What [is] thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
- King James Version
and say, 'What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
- American Standard Version (1901)
What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones.
- Basic English Bible
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.
- Darby Bible
And say, What is thy mother: A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
- Webster's Bible
and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
- World English Bible
and thou hast said: What [is] thy mother? -- a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.
- Youngs Literal Bible
and say: How was thy mother a lioness; among lions she couched, in the midst of the young lions she reared her whelps!
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Ezekiel 19:2
19:2 What - What resemblance shall I use to set out the nature, deportment, and state of the mother of these princes? Thy - One of whom was upon the throne at once, and therefore the prophet speaks to one at a time. Mother - The land of Judea, and Jerusalem, the chief city of it, the royal family of David. Lioness - Tho' chosen of God to execute justice; yet they soon degenerated into the fierce and ravening nature of the lioness. Lay down - Associated, and grew familiar with neighbour kings, called here lions; fierce and bloody. Her whelps - Her sons, successors to the crown. Young lions - Either foreign princes and kings, or some of the fierce, unjust, tyrannizing princes at home.