"And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men." — Ezekiel 19:3

Ezekiel 19:3 · KJV

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

— Ezekiel 19:3

Verse 2

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

Verse 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 — Context

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

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.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:1-2

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 22:25

{There is} a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

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.

2 Kings 23:31-32

Jehoahaz {was} twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. {Jehoahaz: also called, Shallum}