Ezekiel 19:2
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And say, What is your mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

A lioness Judea, which possessed strength, courage, and sovereignty

Nahum 2:11, 12 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked...

Zephaniah 3:1-4 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!...

she lay Had confederacy with the neighbouring kings, and learned their manners.

her whelps The sons of Josiah, who learned to be oppressive tyrants from the surrounding princes

young lions

Job 4:11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

Psalm 58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Isaiah 5:29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yes, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey...

Isaiah 11:6-9 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid...

Zechariah 11:3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions...

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
and say: What was your mother? A lioness! She lay down among the lions; she reared her cubs among the young lions.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
and say, 'What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Tell them: 'What a lioness your mother was among lions! She reared her cubs in the midst of fierce young males.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And say, What is your mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her cubs among young lions.

American King James Version
And say, What is your mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

American Standard Version
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And say: Why did thy mother the lioness lie down among the lions, and bring up her whelps in the midst of young lions?

Darby Bible Translation
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.

English Revised Version
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

Webster's Bible Translation
And say, What is thy mother: A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

World English Bible
and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs.

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast said: What is thy mother? -- a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.

Deuteronomy 33:22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.


Ezekiel 19:1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Ezekiel 19:3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
Ezekiel 32:2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

and say: What was your mother? A lioness! She lay down among the lions; she reared her cubs among the young lions. —HCSB

and say, What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs. —NASB

And say, What [is] thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. —KJV


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Ezekiel Chapter 19 Verse 2

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