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Ezekiel 19:1-3
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A Funeral Song for Israel's Leaders

The Lord said:

19 Ezekiel, sing a funeral song for two of Israel's leaders:[a]

2 Your mother was a brave lioness
who raised her cubs
    among lions.
3 She taught one of them to hunt,
    and he learned to eat people.

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Footnotes

  1. 19.1 two of Israel's leaders: Probably Jehoahaz (ruled three months in 609 b.c.) and Jehoiachin (ruled three months in 598 b.c.) or Zedekiah (598–586 b.c.).
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Ezekiel 19:1-3
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A Lament Over Israel’s Princes

19 “Take up a lament(A) concerning the princes(B) of Israel 2 and say:

“‘What a lioness(C) was your mother
    among the lions!
She lay down among them
    and reared her cubs.(D)
3 She brought up one of her cubs,
    and he became a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
    and he became a man-eater.

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