Ezekiel 19:14 — Meaning and Application

Ezekiel 19:1

"Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,"

Ezekiel 19:2

"And say, What {is} thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions."

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 19:4

"The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt."

Ezekiel 19:5

"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."

Ezekiel 19:6

"And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, {and} devoured men."