Ezekiel 19:2 · KJV
“And say, What {is} thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.”
— Ezekiel 19:2
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
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 — Context
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2And say, What {is} thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
3And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
4The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
Cross References
Isaiah 11:6-9
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Isaiah 5:29
Their roaring {shall be} like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry {it} away safe, and none shall deliver {it}.
Psalms 58:6
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Zechariah 11:3
{There is} a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
Job 4:11
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
Zephaniah 3:1-4
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! {her...: or, gluttonous: Heb. craw}
Nahum 2:11-12
Where {is} the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, {even} the old lion, walked, {and} the lion's whelp, and none made {them} afraid?
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