Ezekiel 19

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

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).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=35-37}}

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; $\backslash mathfrak\{G\}$^B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; $\backslash mathfrak\{G\}$^A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; $\backslash mathfrak\{G\}$^Q; 6th century).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=73-74}}{{efn|Ezekiel is missing from the extant Codex Sinaiticus.{{cite book| last= Shepherd|first= Michael |title= A Commentary on the Book of the Twelve: The Minor Prophets | series= Kregel Exegetical Library | publisher= Kregel Academic | year= 2018 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_iNZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA13|isbn= 978-0825444593 | page= 13}}}}

: Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel (KJV){{bibleref2|Ezekiel|19:1|KJV}}

• "Lamentation" (Hebrew: קינה {{Strong-number|qî-nāh|H|07015}}; plural: קִינִים in {{bibleref2|Ezekiel|2:10}} or קִּינֽוֹת in {{bibleref2|2 Chronicles|35:25}}): the Hebrew word has a meaning of "elegy, dirge", "a mournful song".{{sfn|Brown|Briggs|Driver|1994|ps={{sp}}"קִינָה"}}{{sfn|Gesenius|1979|ps={{sp}}"קִינָה"}}

: The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit,

:: and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.{{bibleref2|Ezekiel|19:4|KJV}}

• "With chains unto the land of Egypt": This is the fate of Jehoahaz (also called "Shallum"{{bibleref2|Jeremiah|22:11|NKJV}}{{bibleref2|1 Chronicles|3:15|NKJV}}) who succeeded his father, Josiah, as king in Jerusalem for 3 months in 609 BC,Edwin Thiele, The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, (1st ed.; New York: Macmillan, 1951; 2d ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965; 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983). {{ISBN|0-8254-3825-X}}, 9780825438257, 217. before being deposed by Pharaoh Necho II and taken as prisoner to Egypt until his death (2 Kings 23:31–{{bibleverse|2 Kings|23:34|9|34}}; 2 Chronicles 36:1-{{bibleverse|2 Chronicles|36:4|9|4}}; Jeremiah 22:10-12).The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Augmented Third Edition, New Revised Standard Version, Indexed. Michael D. Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol A. Newsom, Editors. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2007. pp. 1204-1205 Hebrew Bible. {{ISBN|978-0195288810}}[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/8558-jehoahaz "Jehoahaz", Jewish Encyclopedia]

: 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.{{bibleref2|Ezekiel|19:5|NKJV}}

• "She took another of her whelps": Two of the last four kings of Judah, Jehoahaz and Zedekiah, was born of the same mother, Hamutal, and the same father, king Josiah,{{bibleverse|2|Kings|23:31|NKJV}}{{bibleverse|2|Kings|24:18|NKJV}} although the "lioness" in {{bibleref2|Ezekiel|9:1-9}} generally refers to "Judah".{{bibleref2|Genesis|49:9|NKJV}}

: 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.{{bibleref2|Ezekiel|19:9|NKJV}}

• "Brought him to the king of Babylon": This is the fate of Zedekiah (also called "Mattaniah"{{bibleverse|2|Kings|24:17|NKJV}}), the last king of Judah, who was appointed as king in Jerusalem in 597 BC by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon to replace 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.{{bibleverse|2|Kings|24:17-20|NKJV}}{{bibleverse|2|Kings|25:6-7|NKJV}}{{bibleverse|2|Chronicles|36:10-13,17,20|NKJV}}{{bibleref2|Jeremiah|1:1-3|NKJV}}[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/15209-zedekiah "Zedekiah", Jewish Encyclopedia]

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• Babylon
• Hamutal
• Egypt
• Israel
• Jehoahaz
• Lion
• Vine
• Zedekiah

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

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• [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1219.htm Ezekiel 19 Hebrew with Parallel English]
• [http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/16117 Ezekiel 19 Hebrew with Rashi's Commentary]

• [http://www.latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=0&b=31&c=19 Ezekiel 19 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325025334/http://www.latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=0&b=31&c=19 |date=2017-03-25 }}

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