Ezekiel 19

Ezekiel 19 is the nineteenth chapter of the

The original text was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 14 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).^[4]

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BC. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^Q; 6th century).^[5][a]

Verse 1

Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel (KJV)^[7]

• "Lamentation" (Hebrew: קינה qî-nāh; plural: קִינִים in Ezekiel 2:10 or קִּינֽוֹת in 2 Chronicles 35:25): the Hebrew word has a meaning of "elegy, dirge", "a mournful song".^[8][9]

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.^[10]

• "With chains unto the land of Egypt": This is the fate of
  2 Chronicles 36:1-4; Jeremiah 22:10-12).^[14][15]

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.[16]

• "She took another of her whelps": Two of the last four kings of Judah,
  Hamutal, and the same father, king Josiah,^[17][18] although the "lioness" in Ezekiel 9:1–9 generally refers to "Judah".^[19][14]

And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon:

they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.[20]

• "Brought him to the king of Babylon": This is the fate of
  Jehoiachin, but later rebelled, was captured and brought before Nebuchadnezzar in Riblah, where his families were killed, he himself was made blind, then taken as prisoner to Babylon until his death.^{[22][23][24][25][14][26]}

• Related
  Genesis 49, 2 Kings 23, 2 Kings 24, 1 Chronicles 3, 2 Chronicles 36, Jeremiah 1, Jeremiah 22, John 15

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