Ezekiel · Chapter 19 King James Version

Ezekiel 19:11

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The Scripture

(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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

Ezekiel 19 is a lamentation for the princes of Israel, likening their mother to a lioness among lions who raised one young lion that learned to devour men, was caught in a pit, and brought with chains to the land of Egypt. After she waited in vain and despaired, she raised another whelp who became a young lion, devoured men, laid waste their cities, and was caught in a pit and brought to the king of Babylon so his roar was heard no more. The chapter closes by turning to the mother as a vine planted by waters, fruitful and strong, but plucked up in fury, dried by the east wind, and consumed by fire so that she has no strong rod to be a scepter-a lamentation that shall be for a lamentation.

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