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Ezekiel 19 Summary
Lament for the Princes of Israel
God commands Ezekiel to take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel. He presents the riddle of a lioness (Israel's house) who nourished her whelps among young lions, raising one who learned to catch prey and devoured men until the nations caught him and brought him to Egypt. She then raised another whelp who roamed among the lions, learned to catch prey, and laid waste to cities, but was captured by nations and brought in chains to the king of Babylon. God also describes Israel's mother as a vine planted by waters, fruitful with strong rods for rulers' scepters, but plucked up in fury, cast down, dried by the east wind, consumed by fire, and now planted in a wilderness. Her strong rod was broken, and now fire goes out from her branches that consumes her fruit, leaving no strong rod to be a scepter to rule.
Key themes
Key verses
Ezekiel 19:3
“And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.”
Ezekiel 19:8
“Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.”
Ezekiel 19:10
“Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.”
Ezekiel 19:14
“And 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.”
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