Ezekiel 19:2
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
Context
This verse from Ezekiel Chapter 19 connects to 10 cross-references. A lament in the genre of dirge over the princes of Israel, comparing them to lion cubs taken into captivity. The second parable compares Israel to a vine planted in dry ground that was uprooted by the east wind and …
Other Translations
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
and thou hast said: What <FI>is<Fi> thy mother? --a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.
What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones.
Cross References
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.
Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold …
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf …
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge …
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old …
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with …
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring …