Ezekiel 19:5

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 19:5

Now when she saw ,.... That is, his mother, as the Syriac version expresses it; not his natural mother; as the mother of Sisera looked out and waited for him; but the congregation of Israel, as Jarchi interprets it, the body of the Jewish people: that she had waited ; for the return of Jehoahaz out of Egypt, which was expected for some time: or, "that she was become sick"; or "weak" F23 כי נוחלה "quod infirmatus esset", Cocceius, Starckius. , and feeble, and brought to a low... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 19:5

When she saw that she had waited - Being very weak, the Jews found that they could not resist with any hope of success; so the king of Egypt was permitted to do as he pleased. She took another of her whelps - Jehoiakim. And made him a young lion - King of Judea. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 19:5

Verse 5 We yesterday read over that sentence in which the Prophet says that Judea produced another lion after the former had been captured and led into Egypt. Now this ought to be referred to King Jehoiakim, who was appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar, when he had laid waste a part of Egypt, possessed the whole of Judea, and imposed laws by establishing a king, according to the rights of conquest. But since he also acted perfidiously, he was led away into captivity. The Prophet, therefore, means... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:1-9

The parable of the lion's whelps. I. THE LION - LIKE CHARACTER OF ISRAEL . This character was especially given to the tribe of Judah, from which the royal family came ( Genesis 49:9 ). There should be something of the better nature of the lion in the people of God. 1 . Strength . With one blow of his paw the lion can break the neck of a bull. The nation of Israel was strong. The Church of God is strong with the might of God. God does not only save his children as weak... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:1-9

The downfall of the princes. For the interpretation of this figurative and poetical portion of Ezekiel's prophecies, reference must be made to the close of the Second Books of Kings and of Chronicles, where the obscure and humiliating history of the last days of the monarchy of Judah is briefly recorded. Ezekiel's dirge concerns partly what had already taken place, and partly what was immediately about to happen. The lessons to be learnt from the history and the lamentation are of a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:1-9

Kingly power abused. Without doubt, the main cause of Israel's fall was the waywardness and vice of her kings. With few exceptions, they gave themselves up to evil ways. Corruption at the fountainhead became corruption in all the streams of national and domestic life. Idolatry was the root; and tyranny, anarchy, violence, and cruelly were the branches. This soon became intolerable to the surrounding nations. I. KINGLY POWER WAS INTENDED AS A BENEFIT . What the shepherd is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:1-9

A lamentation for fallen princes. "Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, and say, What was thy mother?" etc. Here are three preliminary inquiries. 1 . Who is addressed by the prophet? Or, whom are we to understand by the pronoun "thy"? "What was thy mother?" "Jehoiachin is addressed," says the 'Speaker's Commentary.' Hengstenberg says, "The address is to the man Judah, the people of the present." And Schroder, "The address is directed to the people." But,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:5

The second lion whelp is identified by Ezekiel 19:9 with Jehoiachin. For some reason or other, probably because he, as having "slept with his fathers," was not so conspicuous an instance of retribution, Ezekiel passes over Jehoiakim. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 19:4-9

Chains - See the marginal rendering to Ezekiel 19:9 and Isaiah 27:9, note.Ezekiel 19:5Another - Jehoiachin who soon showed himself no less unworthy than Jehoahaz. The “waiting” of the people was during the absence of their rightful lord Jehoahaz, a captive in Egypt while Jehoiakim, whom they deemed an usurper, was on the throne. It was not until Jehoiachin succeeded, that they seemed to themselves to have a monarch of their own 2 Kings 24:6.Ezekiel 19:7Their desolate palaces - Rather, his... read more

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