Ezekiel 19 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 Thou also, take vp a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
1 “Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2 And say, Wherefore lay thy mother as a lyonesse among the lyons? she nourished her yong ones among the lyons whelps,
2 and say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness. She couched among lions, in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
3 And she brought vp one of her whelps, and it became a lyon, and it learned to catch the praye, and it deuoured men.
3 She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
4 The nations also heard of him, and he was taken in their nets, and they brought him in chaines vnto the land of Egypt.
4 The nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
5 Nowe when she sawe, that she had waited and her hope was lost, she tooke another of her whelps, and made him a lyon.
5 “‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.
6 Which went among the lyons, and became a lyon, and learned to catch the praye, and he deuoured men.
6 He went up and down among the lions. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
7 And he knew their widowes, and he destroyed their cities, and the land was wasted, and all that was therein by the noyse of his roaring.
7 He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities. The land was desolate with its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.
8 Then the nations set against him on euery side of the countreys, and laide their nets for him: so he was taken in their pit.
8 Then the nations attacked him on every side from the provinces. They spread their net over him. He was taken in their pit.
9 And they put him in prison and in chaines, and brought him to the King of Babel, and they put him in holdes, that his voyce should no more be heard vpon the mountaines of Israel.
9 They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into strongholds, so that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.
10 Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she brought foorth fruite and branches by the abundant waters,
10 “‘Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. It was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
11 And she had strong rods for the scepters of them that beare rule, and her stature was exalted among the branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
11 It had strong branches for the scepters of those who ruled. Their stature was exalted among the thick boughs. They were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.
12 But she was plucked vp in wrath: she was cast downe to the ground, and the East winde dried vp her fruite: her branches were broken, and withered: as for the rod of her strength, the fire consumed it.
12 But it was plucked up in fury. It was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and withered. The fire consumed them.
13 And now she is planted in the wildernes in a drie and thirstie ground.
13 Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath deuoured her fruite, so that she hath no strong rod to be a scepter to rule: this is a lamentation and shalbe for a lamentation.
14 Fire has gone out of its branches. It has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong branch to be a scepter to rule.’ This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.”
Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezekiel 26:17; Ezekiel 27:2; 2 Kings 23:29–30; 2 Kings 24:12; 2 Kings 25:5–7
- 2 Isaiah 5:29; Psalm 58:6; Zechariah 11:3; Nahum 2:11–12; Zephaniah 3:1–4
- 3 Ezekiel 19:6; Ezekiel 22:25; 2 Chronicles 36:1–2; 2 Kings 23:31–32
- 4 2 Chronicles 36:4; 2 Kings 23:33–34; 2 Chronicles 36:6; Jeremiah 22:11–12; 2 Kings 23:31
- 5 Ezekiel 19:3; 2 Kings 23:34–37
- 6 2 Chronicles 36:9; Jeremiah 36:1–32; 2 Kings 24:9; Jeremiah 22:13–17; 2 Kings 24:1–7
- 7 Ezekiel 30:12; Ezekiel 12:19; Proverbs 28:15–16; Amos 6:8; Proverbs 19:12
- 8 Ezekiel 12:13; Lamentations 4:20; Ezekiel 19:4; 2 Kings 24:11; 2 Kings 24:1–6
- 9 2 Chronicles 36:6; Ezekiel 6:2; 2 Kings 24:15; Ezekiel 36:1; Jeremiah 22:18–19
- 10 Psalm 80:8–11; Deuteronomy 8:7; Matthew 21:33–41; Numbers 24:6–7; Psalm 89:25–29
- 11 Ezekiel 31:3; Psalm 80:15; Daniel 4:11; Psalm 110:2; Ezekiel 21:13
- 12 Ezekiel 17:10; Hosea 13:15; Isaiah 27:11; Jeremiah 31:28; Ezekiel 15:4
- 13 Hosea 2:3; Ezekiel 19:10; Psalm 63:1; Jeremiah 52:27–31; Psalm 68:6
- 14 Ezekiel 19:1; Ezekiel 19:11; Psalm 80:15–16; Isaiah 9:18–19; 2 Kings 24:20
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