King James Version
What Does Ezekiel 19:6 Mean?
“And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.”
Context
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The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
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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.
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And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
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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. their desolate: or, their widows the fulness: or, all it containeth
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Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary13-26. Prophecy of the invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar, which took place sixteen years after the taking of Jerusalem. Having spent thirteen years in the siege of Tyre, and having obtained nothing for his pains, he is promised by God Egypt for his reward in humbling Tyre (Eze 29:17-20; 30:1-31:18). The intestine commotions between Amasis and Pharaoh-hophra prepared his way (compare Note, see on Is 19:1, &c.).
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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