Ezekiel 19
WEB·Ezekiel 19
1“Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
KJVMoreover take thou upH5375(H8798) a lamentationH7015 for the princesH5387 of IsraelH3478,
2 and say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness. She couched among lions, in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
KJVAnd sayH559(H8804), What is thy motherH517? A lionessH3833: she lay downH7257(H8804) among lionsH738, she nourishedH7235(H8765) her whelpsH1482 amongH8432 young lionsH3715.
3 She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
KJVAnd she brought upH5927(H8686) oneH259 of her whelpsH1482: it became a young lionH3715, and it learnedH3925(H8799) to catchH2963(H8800) the preyH2964; it devouredH398(H8804) menH120.
4 The nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
KJVThe nationsH1471 also heardH8085(H8799) of him; he was takenH8610(H8738) in their pitH7845, and they broughtH935(H8686) him with chainsH2397 unto the landH776 of EgyptH4714.
5 “‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.
KJVNow when she sawH7200(H8799) that she had waitedH3176(H8738), and her hopeH8615 was lostH6(H8804), then she tookH3947(H8799) anotherH259 of her whelpsH1482, and madeH7760(H8804) him a young lionH3715.
6 He went up and down among the lions. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
KJVAnd he went up and downH1980(H8691) amongH8432 the lionsH738, he became a young lionH3715, and learnedH3925(H8799) to catchH2963(H8800) the preyH2964, and devouredH398(H8804) menH120.
7 He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities. The land was desolate with its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.
KJVAnd he knewH3045(H8799) their desolate palacesH490, and he laid wasteH2717(H8689) their citiesH5892; and the landH776 was desolateH3456(H8799), and the fulnessH4393 thereof, by the noiseH6963 of his roaringH7581.
8 Then the nations attacked him on every side from the provinces. They spread their net over him. He was taken in their pit.
KJVThen the nationsH1471 setH5414(H8799) against him on every sideH5439 from the provincesH4082, and spreadH6566(H8799) their netH7568 over him: he was takenH8610(H8738) in their pitH7845.
9 They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into strongholds, so that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.
KJVAnd they putH5414(H8799) him in wardH5474 in chainsH2397, and broughtH935(H8686) him to the kingH4428 of BabylonH894: they broughtH935(H8686) him into holdsH4685, that his voiceH6963 should no more be heardH8085(H8735) upon the mountainsH2022 of IsraelH3478.
10 “‘Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. It was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
KJVThy motherH517 is like a vineH1612 in thy bloodH1818(H8676)H1818, plantedH8362(H8803) by the watersH4325: she was fruitfulH6509(H8802) and full of branchesH6058 by reason of manyH7227 watersH4325.
11 It had strong branches for the scepters of those who ruled. Their stature was exalted among the thick boughs. They were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.
KJVAnd she had strongH5797 rodsH4294 for the sceptresH7626 of them that bare ruleH4910(H8802), and her statureH6967 was exaltedH1361(H8799) among the thick branchesH5688, and she appearedH7200(H8735) in her heightH1363 with the multitudeH7230 of her branchesH1808.
12 But it was plucked up in fury. It was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and withered. The fire consumed them.
KJVBut she was plucked upH5428(H8714) in furyH2534, she was cast downH7993(H8717) to the groundH776, and the eastH6921 windH7307 dried upH3001(H8689) her fruitH6529: her strongH5797 rodsH4294 were brokenH6561(H8694) and witheredH3001(H8804); the fireH784 consumedH398(H8804) them.
13 Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
KJVAnd now she is plantedH8362(H8803) in the wildernessH4057, in a dryH6723 and thirstyH6772 groundH776.
14 Fire has gone out of its branches. It has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong branch to be a scepter to rule.’ This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.”
KJVAnd fireH784 is gone outH3318(H8799) of a rodH4294 of her branchesH905, which hath devouredH398(H8804) her fruitH6529, so that she hath no strongH5797 rodH4294 to be a sceptreH7626 to ruleH4910(H8800). This is a lamentationH7015, and shall be for a lamentationH7015.
Ezekiel 19
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