"And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, {and} devoured men." — Ezekiel 19:6

Ezekiel 19:6 · KJV

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

— Ezekiel 19:6

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.

Verse 7

And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. {their desolate...: or, their widows} {the fulness...: or, all it containeth}

Ezekiel 19 — Context

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.

Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

Cross References

Jeremiah 22:13-17

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; {that} useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

Jeremiah 36:1-32

And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, {that} this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

2 Chronicles 36:5

Jehoiakim {was} twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

2 Kings 24:1-7

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

2 Kings 24:9

And he did {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.

2 Chronicles 36:9

Jehoiachin {was} eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD.

Jeremiah 26:1-24

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,