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19 “Sing this death dirge for the leaders of Israel: What a woman your mother was—like a lioness! Her children were like lion’s cubs! One of her cubs, King Jehoahaz,[a] grew into a strong young lion and learned to catch prey and became a man-eater.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:3 King Jehoahaz, implied.

A Lament Over Israel’s Princes

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

“‘What a lioness(C) was your mother
    among the lions!
She lay down among them
    and reared her cubs.(D)
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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