John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 19:1
Moreover, take thou up a lamentation ,.... These words are directed to the Prophet Ezekiel, to compose a doleful ditty, a mournful song, such as was used at funerals; and by it represent the lamentable state of the nation of the Jews and their governors, in order to affect them with it, with what was past, and present, and yet to come: for the princes of Israel ; or, "concerning them" F19 אל נשיאי ישראל "de principibus Israel", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Polanus,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 19:1-9
Here are, I. Orders given to the prophet to bewail the fall of the royal family, which had long made so great a figure by virtue of a covenant of royalty made with David and his seed, so that the eclipsing and extinguishing of it are justly lamented by all who know what value to put upon the covenant of our God, as we find, after a very large account of that covenant with David (Ps. 89:3, 20), a sad lamentation for the decays and desolations of his family (v. 38, 39): But thou hast cast off... read more