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Ezekiel 19
New International Version

### A Lament Over Israel’s Princes

19 “Take up a lament(A) concerning the princes(B) of Israel 2 and say:

“‘What a lioness(C) was your mother
among the lions!
She lay down among them
and reared her cubs.(D)
3 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.
4 The nations heard about him,
and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him with hooks(E)
to the land of Egypt.(F)

5 “‘When she saw her hope unfulfilled,
her expectation gone,
she took another of her cubs(G)
and made him a strong lion.(H)
6 He prowled among the lions,
for he was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
and he became a man-eater.(I)
7 He broke down[a] their strongholds
and devastated(J) their towns.
The land and all who were in it
were terrified by his roaring.
8 Then the nations(K) came against him,
those from regions round about.
They spread their net(L) for him,
and he was trapped in their pit.(M)
9 With hooks(N) they pulled him into a cage
and brought him to the king of Babylon.(O)
They put him in prison,
so his roar(P) was heard no longer
on the mountains of Israel.(Q)

10 “‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard[b](R)
planted by the water;(S)
it was fruitful and full of branches
because of abundant water.(T)
11 Its branches were strong,
fit for a ruler’s scepter.
It towered high
above the thick foliage,
conspicuous for its height
and for its many branches.(U)
12 But it was uprooted(V) in fury
and thrown to the ground.
The east wind(W) made it shrivel,
it was stripped of its fruit;
its strong branches withered
and fire consumed them.(X)
13 Now it is planted in the desert,(Y)
in a dry and thirsty land.(Z)
14 Fire spread from one of its main[c] branches
and consumed(AA) its fruit.
No strong branch is left on it
fit for a ruler’s scepter.’(AB)

“This is a lament(AC) and is to be used as a lament.”

#### Footnotes

1. Ezekiel 19:7 Targum (see Septuagint); Hebrew He knew
2. Ezekiel 19:10 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts your blood
3. Ezekiel 19:14 Or from under its

#### Cross references

1. Ezekiel 19:1 : ver 14; Jer 7:29; 9:10, 20; Eze 26:17; 27:2, 32; 28:12; 32:2, 16; Am 5:1
2. Ezekiel 19:1 : S 2Ki 24:6
3. Ezekiel 19:2 : S Nu 23:24
4. Ezekiel 19:2 : S Ge 49:9
5. Ezekiel 19:4 : S Job 41:2
6. Ezekiel 19:4 : 2Ki 23:33-34; 2Ch 36:4; S La 4:20
7. Ezekiel 19:5 : S Ge 49:9
8. Ezekiel 19:5 : 2Ki 23:34
9. Ezekiel 19:6 : 2Ki 24:9; 2Ch 36:9
10. Ezekiel 19:7 : Eze 29:10; 30:12
11. Ezekiel 19:8 : 2Ki 24:2
12. Ezekiel 19:8 : S Eze 12:13
13. Ezekiel 19:8 : 2Ki 24:11; S La 4:20
14. Ezekiel 19:9 : S 2Ki 19:28
15. Ezekiel 19:9 : S 2Ki 25:7; S 2Ch 36:6
16. Ezekiel 19:9 : Zec 11:3
17. Ezekiel 19:9 : S 2Ki 24:15
18. Ezekiel 19:10 : S Ge 49:22
19. Ezekiel 19:10 : S Jer 17:8
20. Ezekiel 19:10 : Ps 80:8-11
21. Ezekiel 19:11 : Eze 31:3; Da 4:11
22. Ezekiel 19:12 : S Dt 29:28
23. Ezekiel 19:12 : S Ge 41:6
24. Ezekiel 19:12 : S Isa 27:11; S Eze 17:24; 28:17; Hos 13:15
25. Ezekiel 19:13 : Eze 20:35; Hos 2:14
26. Ezekiel 19:13 : Hos 2:3
27. Ezekiel 19:14 : Eze 20:47
28. Ezekiel 19:14 : S Eze 15:4
29. Ezekiel 19:14 : S ver 1

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