1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2 And say, What [is] thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
5 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.
6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, [and] devoured men.
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.
8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
9 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.
10 Thy mother [is] like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
13 And now she [is] planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, [which] hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod [to be] a sceptre to rule. This [is] a lamentation, and 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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