Ezekiel 19
Ezekiel 19 is the nineteenth chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. This chapter contains a kinah or lamentation for the rulers of Israel. Two princes are lamented, one captured and carried to Egypt, i.e. Jehoahaz, son and successor of Josiah, and another carried to Babylon, who must be Jehoiachin.
Text
The original text was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 14 verses.Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis, the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets, Aleppo Codex, Codex Leningradensis.There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BC. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Marchalianus.
Verse 1
- "Lamentation" : the Hebrew word has a meaning of "elegy, dirge", "a mournful song".
Verse 4
- "With chains unto the land of Egypt": This is the fate of Jehoahaz who succeeded his father, Josiah, as king in Jerusalem for 3 months in 609 BC, before being deposed by Pharaoh Necho II and taken as prisoner to Egypt until his death.
Verse 5
- "She took another of her whelps": Two of the last four kings of Judah, Jehoahaz and Zedekiah, was born of the same mother, Hamutal, and the same father, king Josiah, although the "lioness" in generally refers to "Judah".
Verse 9
- "Brought him to the king of Babylon": This is the fate of Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, who was appointed as king in Jerusalem in 597 BC by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon to replace Jehoiachin, but later rebelled, was captured and brought before Nebuchadnezzar in Riblah, where his families were killed, he himself was made blind, then taken as prisoner to Babylon until his death.
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