Ezekiel 19
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Verse 1
“As for you, take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) for the princes of Israel
‘Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel
Verse 2
and say,
‘When she [the royal mother-city] brought up [Jehoahaz] one of her cubs,
He became a [young] lion,
And he learned to catch and tear the prey;
He devoured men.
‘The nations heard about him;
He was captured in their pit,
And they brought him with hooks
To the land of Egypt.
‘When she saw, as she waited,
That her hope was lost,
She took [a]another of her cubs
And made him a young lion.
‘And he moved among the lions;
He became a young lion,
He learned to tear the prey;
He devoured men.
‘He destroyed their palaces
And he flattened their cities;
And the land and all who were in it were appalled
By the sound of his roaring.
‘Then the nations set against him (the king)
On every side from the provinces,
And they spread their net over him;
He was captured in their pit.
‘They put him in a cage with hooks and chains
And brought him to the king of Babylon;
They brought him in hunting nets
So that his voice would be heard no more
On the mountains of Israel.
‘Your mother [Jerusalem] was like a vine in your [b]vineyard,
Planted by the waters;
It was fruitful and full of branches
Because of abundant water.
‘And it had strong branches for the scepters of rulers,
And its height was raised above the thick branches and into the clouds
So that it was seen [easily] in its height with the mass of its branches.
‘But the vine was uprooted in [godly] wrath [by His representative]
And it was thrown down to the ground;
The east wind dried up its fruit.
Its strong branch was broken off
So that it withered;
The fire [of God’s judgment] consumed it.
‘And now it is transplanted in the wilderness,
In a dry and thirsty land [of Babylon].
‘And the fire [of Zedekiah’s rebellion] has gone out from its branch;
It has consumed the vine’s shoots and fruit,
So that it has in it no [longer a] strong branch
As a scepter to rule.’”
‘What was your mother [Jerusalem and Judah]?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among young lions,
She reared her cubs.
and say:
‘“What a lioness was your mother
among the lions!
She lay down among them
and reared her cubs.
Verse 3
‘When she [the royal mother-city] brought up [Jehoahaz] one of her cubs,
He became a [young] lion,
And he learned to catch and tear the prey;
He devoured men.
She brought up one of her cubs,
and he became a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
and he became a man-eater.
and he became a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
and he became a man-eater.
Verse 4
‘The nations heard about him;
He was captured in their pit,
And they brought him with hooks
To the land of Egypt.
The nations heard about him,
and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
Verse 5
‘When she saw, as she waited,
That her hope was lost,
She took [a]another of her cubs
And made him a young lion.
‘“When she saw her hope unfulfilled,
her expectation gone,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a strong lion.
her expectation gone,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a strong lion.
Verse 6
‘And he moved among the lions;
He became a young lion,
He learned to tear the prey;
He devoured men.
He prowled among the lions,
for he was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
and he became a man-eater.
for he was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
and he became a man-eater.
Verse 7
‘He destroyed their palaces
And he flattened their cities;
And the land and all who were in it were appalled
By the sound of his roaring.
He broke down[a] their strongholds
and devastated their towns.
The land and all who were in it
were terrified by his roaring.
and devastated their towns.
The land and all who were in it
were terrified by his roaring.
Verse 8
‘Then the nations set against him (the king)
On every side from the provinces,
And they spread their net over him;
He was captured in their pit.
Then the nations came against him,
those from regions round about.
They spread their net for him,
and he was trapped in their pit.
those from regions round about.
They spread their net for him,
and he was trapped in their pit.
Verse 9
‘They put him in a cage with hooks and chains
And brought him to the king of Babylon;
They brought him in hunting nets
So that his voice would be heard no more
On the mountains of Israel.
With hooks they pulled him into a cage
and brought him to the king of Babylon.
They put him in prison,
so his roar was heard no longer
on the mountains of Israel.
and brought him to the king of Babylon.
They put him in prison,
so his roar was heard no longer
on the mountains of Israel.
Verse 10
‘Your mother [Jerusalem] was like a vine in your [b]vineyard,
Planted by the waters;
It was fruitful and full of branches
Because of abundant water.
‘“Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard[b]
planted by the water;
it was fruitful and full of branches
because of abundant water.
planted by the water;
it was fruitful and full of branches
because of abundant water.
Verse 11
‘And it had strong branches for the scepters of rulers,
And its height was raised above the thick branches and into the clouds
So that it was seen [easily] in its height with the mass of its branches.
Its branches were strong,
fit for a ruler’s sceptre.
It towered high
above the thick foliage,
conspicuous for its height
and for its many branches.
fit for a ruler’s sceptre.
It towered high
above the thick foliage,
conspicuous for its height
and for its many branches.
Verse 12
‘But the vine was uprooted in [godly] wrath [by His representative]
And it was thrown down to the ground;
The east wind dried up its fruit.
Its strong branch was broken off
So that it withered;
The fire [of God’s judgment] consumed it.
But it was uprooted in fury
and thrown to the ground.
The east wind made it shrivel,
it was stripped of its fruit;
its strong branches withered
and fire consumed them.
and thrown to the ground.
The east wind made it shrivel,
it was stripped of its fruit;
its strong branches withered
and fire consumed them.
Verse 13
‘And now it is transplanted in the wilderness,
In a dry and thirsty land [of Babylon].
Now it is planted in the desert,
in a dry and thirsty land.
in a dry and thirsty land.
Verse 14
‘And the fire [of Zedekiah’s rebellion] has gone out from its branch;
It has consumed the vine’s shoots and fruit,
So that it has in it no [longer a] strong branch
As a scepter to rule.’”
This is a dirge (funeral poem to be sung), and has become a dirge.
Fire spread from one of its main[c] branches
and consumed its fruit.
No strong branch is left on it
fit for a ruler’s sceptre.”
and consumed its fruit.
No strong branch is left on it
fit for a ruler’s sceptre.”
‘This is a lament and is to be used as a lament.’