📖 Ezekiel — Chapter 19 (KJV)
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Scripture source: Project Gutenberg KJV, ebook 10.
Ezekiel 19:1 Moreover Rtake thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Ezekiel 19:2 And say, What is thy mother? RA lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
Ezekiel 19:3 And she brought up one of her whelps: Rit became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
Ezekiel 19:4 The nations also heard of him; Rhe was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 19:5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took Ranother of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
Ezekiel 19:6 And Rhe went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
Ezekiel 19:7 And he knew Ttheir desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; Rand the land was desolate, and Tthe fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
Ezekiel 19:8 Then Rthe nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
Ezekiel 19:9 And they put him in ward Tin chains, Rand 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.
Ezekiel 19:10 Thy Rmother is like a vine Tin thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
Ezekiel 19:11 And Rshe 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.
Ezekiel 19:12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and Rthe east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
Ezekiel 19:13 And now Rshe is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
Ezekiel 19:14 And Rfire 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.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Ezekiel 19:1–5 — A royal lion is captured
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
A lament for Israel’s princes portrays a lioness raising a cub that becomes a man-devouring lion. The nations capture him and carry him to Egypt, and the mother turns to another cub.
Key Truth: Read the royal imagery as lament over destructive rule.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “____ take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,” (Ezekiel 19:1)
Find it in Ezekiel 19:1 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “And she ____ up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, …” (Ezekiel 19:3)
Find it in Ezekiel 19:3 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “Now when she saw that she had ____ , and her hope was lost, then she took another …” (Ezekiel 19:5)
Find it in Ezekiel 19:5 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Ezekiel 19:6–10 — Another lion falls and the image becomes a vine
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The second lion also devours and devastates until the nations net and carry him to Babylon. A fruitful vine beside waters introduces a new picture of the royal house.
Key Truth: Do not measure leadership only by power.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “And he ____ up and down among the lions, he became a young …” (Ezekiel 19:6)
Find it in Ezekiel 19:6 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “____ the nations set against him on every side from the …” (Ezekiel 19:8)
Find it in Ezekiel 19:8 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “Thy ____ is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the …” (Ezekiel 19:10)
Find it in Ezekiel 19:10 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Ezekiel 19:11–14 — Strong branches are lost
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The vine’s strong rods once served as royal scepters. Uprooting, east wind, wilderness, and fire leave no strong rod to rule, and the ending explicitly identifies the poem as a lament.
Key Truth: Grieve the consequences of failed leadership.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “… ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her ____ rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.” (Ezekiel 19:12)
Find it in Ezekiel 19:12 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “And now she is ____ in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.” (Ezekiel 19:13)
Find it in Ezekiel 19:13 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “And ____ is gone out of a rod of her branches, which …” (Ezekiel 19:14)
Find it in Ezekiel 19:14 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Jeremiah 22:10 — The earlier royal warning also calls for mourning over exile.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
What qualities make leadership life-giving rather than predatory?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. Which summary best distinguishes Ezekiel 19:1–5 (A royal lion is captured) from the chapter’s other sections?
2. Which summary best distinguishes Ezekiel 19:6–10 (Another lion falls and the image becomes a vine) from the chapter’s other sections?
3. Which summary best distinguishes Ezekiel 19:11–14 (Strong branches are lost) from the chapter’s other sections?
4. What fate follows the first young lion’s predatory power?
5. What makes the vine’s ending a lament?
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