19 1 The captivity of the kings of Judah signified by the lion’s whelps and by the lion. 10 The prosperity of the city of Jerusalem that is past, and the misery thereof that is present.

Thou also take up a lamentation for the [a]princes of Israel,

And say, Wherefore lay thy [b]mother as a lioness among the lions? she nourished her young ones among the lion’s whelps,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:1 That is, Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim Josiah’s sons, who for their pride and cruelty are compared unto lions.
  2. Ezekiel 19:2 To wit, Jehoahaz’s mother, or Jerusalem.

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