Ezekiel 19:6
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
Ezekiel 19:6 in other translations
| BSB | He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men. |
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| WEB | He went up and down among the lions. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men. |
| ASV | And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men. |
| YLT | And it goeth up and down in the midst of lions, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured. |
| DARBY | And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey; he devoured men. |
| BBE | And he went up and down among the lions and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat. |
| Webster | And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. |
What does Ezekiel 19:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 19:1-9
A parable lamenting the ruin of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim. (Ezek 19:1-9) Another describing the desolation of the people. (Ezek 19:10-14) Verses 1-9 Ezekiel is to compare the kingdom of Judah to a lioness. He must compare the kings of Judah to a lion's whelps; they were cruel and oppressive to their own subjects. The righteousness of God is to be acknowledged, when those who have terrified and enslaved others, are…
Ezekiel 19:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 19:6
- 2 Chronicles 36:9
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.
- Jeremiah 36:1-32
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. …
- 2 Kings 24:9
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done.
- Jeremiah 22:13-17
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord. …
- 2 Kings 24:1-7
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets. Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon. …
- Jeremiah 26:1-24
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the Lord, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Stand in the court of the Lord’s house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the Lord’s house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word: If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, …
- 2 Chronicles 36:5
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 24:1-7; 2Ch 36:5; Jer 22:13-17; 26:1-24; 36:1-32
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Context
- Ezekiel 19:5
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.
- Ezekiel 19:6
And he 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 their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
Ezekiel 19:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y él andaba entre los leones; hízose leoncillo, aprendió á hacer presa, devoró hombres. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | il marcha au milieu des lions, il devint un jeune lion et apprit à déchirer la proie; il dévora des hommes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es wandelte unter Löwen, wurde ein junger Löwe; und er lernte Raub rauben, er fraß Menschen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui incedebat inter leones, et factus est leo: et didicit prædam capere, et homines devorare: |