Old Testament · Prophets

Ezekiel chapter 19

And you — raise a for the of Israel.Say: What was your mother? A among lions. She lay down among young lions and raised her .She raised one of her cubs and he became a . He learned to tear prey — he .The nations heard about him. He was caught in their . They dragged him with to the land of Egypt.When she saw that her was gone, that her waiting had come to nothing, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.He among the lions, became a young lion himself. He learned to tear prey — he devoured people.He their strongholds, laid waste to their cities. The land and everything in it was stunned by the sound of his .Then the nations set against him, from the surrounding regions. They spread their over him — he was caught in their pit.They put him in a with hooks and brought him to the king of Babylon. They put him in a fortress so his roar would never again be heard on the .Your mother was like a in your , planted by the water. She was fruitful, full of branches, because of the abundant water.Her strong branches became rulers’ . She towered high above the thick foliage, conspicuous in her height, with her many branches.But she was ripped up in fury, thrown to the ground. The dried her out, her fruit was stripped away. Her strong branches withered — consumed them.Now she is planted in the , in a dry and thirsty land.Fire spread and consumed her fruit. No strong branch remains on her, no scepter fit to rule. This is a , and a funeral song it became.