1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2 And say: Why did thy mother the lioness lie down among the lions, and bring up her whelps in the midst of young lions?
3 And she brought out one of her whelps, and he became a lion: and he learned to catch the prey, and to devour men.
4 And the nations heard of him, and took him, but not without receiving wounds: and they brought him in chains into the land of Egypt.
5 But she seeing herself weakened, and that her hope was lost, took one of her young lions, and set him up for a lion.
6 And he went up and down among the lions, and became a lion: and he learned to catch the prey, and to devour men.
7 He learned to make widows, and to lay waste their cities: and the land became desolate, and the fulness thereof by the noise of his roaring.
8 And the nations Game together against him on every side out of the provinces, and they spread their net over him, in their wounds he was taken.
9 And they put him into a cage, they brought him in chains to the king of Babylon: and they cast him into prison, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
10 Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood planted by the water: her fruit and her branches have grown out of many waters.
11 And she hath strong rods to make sceptres for them that bear rule, and her stature was exalted among the branches: and she saw her height in the multitude of her branches.
12 But she was plucked up in wrath, and cast on the ground, and the burning wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods are withered, and dried up: the fire hath devoured her.
13 And now she is transplanted into the desert, in a land not passable, and dry.
14 And a fire is gone out from a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit: so that she now hath no strong rod, to be a sceptre of rulers. This is a lamentation, and it shall be for a lamentation.
Versículos relacionados com Ezekiel, 19:
Ezekiel 19 talks about the lamentation of the prince of Israel and his mother, who represent the people of Judah and his leaders who failed to protect and lead the country. Following are five verses related to the topics addressed in Ezekiel 19:
2 Kings 24:14: "He brought all Jerusalem to exile, all the leaders and all brave men, ten thousand prisoners, as well as all blacksmiths and locksmiths. No one stayed except the poorest population in the country." This verse describes the conquest of Jerusalem by the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, and the exile of the brave leaders and men of Judah, including the prince mourned in Ezekiel 19.
Lamentations 4:20: "The breath of our nostrils, the Lord's anointed, was arrested in his traps; the one we say, 'We will live under His shadow between the nations." This verse laments the capture of the king of Judah and the loss of the protection he offered.
Jeremiah 22:18-19: "Therefore, thus saith the Lord about Jehokim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: there will be no tears for him, saying, 'Ah, my brother!" Or: 'Ah, my sister!' There will be no weeping for him, saying, 'Ah, sir!' Or, 'Ah, your majesty!'. It will be buried as a donkey, dragged and thrown out of the gates of Jerusalem. " This verse talks about the death of King Jehokim of Judah and how he would not receive an honorable burial.
Jeremiah 13:18: "Tell the King and the Mother Queen, 'Get out of his thrones, for the crown of his glory fell from his heads." This verse talks about the fall of Judah's monarchy and the loss of power of the leaders.
Ezekiel 21:25-27: "And you, ockle and wicked prince of Israel, whose day came in the time of the final punishment, thus says the Lord God: Take the turban and the crown; nothing will be as it was before. What is it bass will be high and what is high will be demoted. " This verse talks about the fall of the Prince of Israel and how he would lose his position of power.
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