Ezekiel 19:4 — Meaning and Application

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

And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

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

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.

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